Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasilink on Wednesday has saidthat PPP will have to be excluded from the anti-government coalitionPakistan Democratic Party (PDM) if it goes against the unanimous decisionof submitting resignations.

Speaking to the media outside an accountability court in Islamabad, thePML-N leader said that PDM has a one-point agenda that is to run thecountry in the right direction as per the Constitution.

The former prime minister said this protest and alliance are promptedbecause the country is not being run according to the Constitution.

“That’s why even nationalist parties have become part of PDM as well,” hesaid, lamenting the hefty petrol prices that the masses are compelled topay.

Abbasi had said that Prime Minister Imran Khan “prefers speaking to peopleover the telephone” instead of reaching out to them and “do something togive them relief.”

“These days, petrol is being sold at Rs111 per litre and Rs40 worth of taxis being collected from the people. How can a common man live [with thisongoing inflation]?” he questioned the government.

The former premier further said that the price of petrol should “not exceedRs70 per litre as per the rates of the global market.”

On Sunday, the government announced to increase the price of petrol forFebruary by Rs2.70 per litre.