ISLAMABAD  - The Chairman Pakistan People’s Party, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the PTI-led federal government has a unique tal­ent in being absolutely shame­less when it boldly and brazenly misleads the people.

The Federal Government has, since its first day in office, been fudging numbers and stacking statistics in their favour, he said.

“Fudging economic figures may feed the large egos in the government, but it doesn’t feed the people, he said in a state­ment. The Chairman PPP went on to state that since the PTI formed government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa nearly a decade ago, poverty levels have in­creased, with figures showing that poverty has gone up from 9pc to a whopping 27pc today.

In contrast, under the PPP the province of Sindh has man­aged to slash the poverty rate by 7.6 per cent, he said. 

The PPP government in Sindh has also overseen Sindh’s rise in per capita income, with the province now leading in both rural and urban figures, he stated. “Despite soul crushing inflation and rapidly increasing poverty levels, the PTI-led fed­eral government is preparing to levy taxes on the pensions of the retired employees.”

The Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto said that the PPP was determined to protect the rights of pensioners and that it rejects any scheme that would seek to tax them. The proposed 10 per cent tax on pensions in next budget would only push people further to the brink, he said.