Thursday, March 12th, 2026

After fuel prices cut, Imran Khan praises India for buying discounted Russian oil despite US pressure



ISLAMABAD: Lauding India for not buckling under the “US pressure” and buying the discounted oil from Russia, former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said that his government was also working on the same thing with the help of an independent foreign policy and slammed Pakistan Muslim League (N)-led government for “running around like a headless chicken with the economy in a tailspin”.

This comes after the Indian government reduced the price of petrol by Rs 9.5 per liter and Diesel by Rs 7 per liter.

“Despite being part of the Quad, India sustained pressure from the US and bought discounted Russian oil to provide relief to the masses. This is what our govt was working to achieve with the help of an independent foreign policy,” Imran Khan tweeted while retweeting an information about reduction of the petrol and diesel prices in India.

Imran Khan said “Mir Jafars and Mir Sadiqs” bowed to the external pressure forcing a regime change, and “are now running around like a headless chicken with the economy in a tailspin.”

“For our govt, Pakistan’s interest was supreme but unfortunately the local Mir Jafars & Mir Sadiqs bowed to external pressure forcing a regime change, and are now running around like a headless chicken with the economy in a tailspin,” the former PM tweeted. (ANI)

Publish Date : 22 May 2022 17:11 PM

UML General Secretary Pokharel warns of impact of Gulf war on Nepali workers

KATHMANDU: Shankar Pokharel, General Secretary of the CPN-UML, has said

Gen-Z Martyrs Memorial Park construction begins at Satdobato

KATHMANDU: Construction of the Gen-Z Martyrs Memorial Park has begun

Gold price drops by Rs 2,000 per tola

KATHMANDU: The price of gold in the domestic market declined

Oli concedes defeat, vows to respect people’s decision

KATHMANDU: After an unexpected election setback, CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma

Emergency response team reviews situation of Nepalis in West Asia

KATHMANDU: The second meeting of the emergency response team formed