The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has planned to come out onto the roads against increasing inflation across the country starting today, from Rawalpindi, according to an Aaj News report.

In its party meeting held under the chairmanship of PML-N president and leader of the opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif, the party finalized the mechanism to a series of protests, rallies, demonstrations and public meetings, while it has also constituted committees at centre and provincial level in this regard.

The attendees of the meeting included former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Ahsan Iqbal, Khwaja Saad Rafique, party Spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb, presidents and general secretaries of four provinces, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.

It is pertinent to mention that opposition parties' alliance, Pakistan Democratic Movement had announced that it would hold countrywide protests and rallies from today onwards against rising inflation and increasing cost of essential items in the country.

Recently, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led federal government hiked the price of petrol by Rs10.49 per litre which led to a new wave of inflation across the country.

Within the span of less than one-and-a-half month the government raised petrol prices by Rs19.49 per litre, while the prices of other petroleum products have also been increased.