ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is addressing the nation and is set to make a “big announcement.”
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said the premier would take the nation into confidence over Pakistan’s economy and the global challenges the country faces amid the ongoing Ukraine crisis.
PM Imran Khan paid a visit to Moscow a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine, officially declaring war on the West-backed country.
State Minister for Infomation and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib had said that the prime minister’s recorded address to the nation would be aired at 7:15pm.
“The prime minister will announce important steps for the betterment of the nation,” he said.
‘Govt to announce reduction in POL, energy prices soon’
Federal Minister for Defence Pervez Khattak, meanwhile, had said Sunday that PM Imran Khan will soon release a relief package for the masses and announce a reduction in petroleum and energy prices.
“The prime minister will address the nation shortly and announce Rs10 reduction in petroleum prices, and a Rs5 cut per unit in the electricity rates, along with several other measures,” he said while speaking at a public meeting at the Mumraiz area of his hometown of Nowshera.