The public was up in arms after Prime Minister Imran Khan had increased petroleum prices for the second time in a month with people on social networking website—Twitter—expressing their anger and concerns.

A number of citizens also talking to 24NewsHD TV channel vent their anger on the petrol price hike and urged the authorities to provide relief to the citizens amid uncertain times when prices of everything is skyrocketing.

Citizens also said that with soaring prices of petroleum products and essential commodities it would be difficult for them to bear the incumbent government’s policies. They outrightly rejected the prike hike terming it their ‘economic murder’.

The new price of petrol is Rs147.83 per litre, high speed diesel (HSD) Rs144.62 per litre, kerosene Rs116.48 and light speed diesel Rs114.54 per litre as Ogra has recommended an increase of Rs5.52 per litre in petrol price and Rs6.19 per litre in HSD.

Here are some reactions of the public:

https://twitter.com/m_talha364/status/1482434013570686977 

https://twitter.com/MuhmmadNabeel17/status/1482570997341564928 

https://twitter.com/NIKLO_OYE/status/1482568502389223424 

https://twitter.com/usama_yunas/status/1482551953028755458 

https://twitter.com/Aamir_Jamro_55/status/1482574657358290951 

https://twitter.com/ali_axhar/status/1477276513171030019