Prime Minister Imran Khan during his address to the nation on Monday announced a decrease in the prices of petroleum products by Rs10 per litre and electricity by Rs5 per unit, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
The prime minister said that the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) was being formed in 2016 and his government was only amending it to stem the spread of fake news.
He said that mafia men were blackmailing the government in the name of freedom of the press and added that even the prime minister of the country was not spared on social media.
“A head of state who has not been involved in corruption is not scared of the media,” the prime minister stated and added that most of the news stories being aired by media channels were anti-government.
He also came down hard on the journalists involved in publishing ‘fake stories’ against the government, saying that the type of news stories published in Pakistani media could not be reported in any other democracy of the world.
He pointed out that good journalism was an asset to society, but mudslinging and filthy remarks about women should be controlled.
The prime minister said that he always wanted an independent foreign policy of Pakistan, and therefore, he paid official visits to China and Russia. He also said that Russia’s share in global gas reservoirs was 30 percent and Pakistan would import gas from Russia in the future.
The prime minister said that rapid changes were taking place in the world, and added that those changes were leaving their effects on Pakistan.
He said that no Pakistani was involved in September 11 attacks, and added that Pakistan had nothing to do with the United States war on terror.
“More than 400 drone strikes were carried out in Pakistan. Our national economy suffered a loss of $150 billion. As many as 80,000 Pakistanis were martyred,” he stated.
The prime minister also announced internships for graduates at a stipend of Rs30,000 and also announced to reduce the capital gain tax for IT start-ups to zero.