Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 16 Nov 2020, 11:58 pm Print
Pakistan Economy Islamabad: A recent survey has shown that 49% of Pakistanis believe that the PM Imran Khan-led government is responsible for inflation in the country.
Ipsos, is a multinational market research company, conducted a survey according to which respondents stated that price hikes have impacted all socio-economic classes in Pakistan, with those at the lowest rung of the class system suffering the most, reports Geo News.
The survey, conducted from October 28 to November 4 with interviews of over a thousand respondents, revealed that half of the Pakistanis blame the federal government for inflation.
Only 15% of the respondents said they blamed previous governments for it, a narrative the PTI and PM Imran Khan have been attempting to establish since day one in power, the Pakistani news channel reported.
A survey conducted by Ipsos has revealed that price hike has been felt across Pakistan, bottom end socio-economic classes are most worried about it, and consider the federal government responsible for it, Geo News reported.
According to the survey, 4 in 5 Pakistanis (83%) faced cuts in their income due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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