{
  "id": 8387527,
  "title": "'Can't afford petrol': Pakistan PTI lawmakers ride donkey carts to assembly in protest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/cant-afford-petrol-pakistan-pti-lawmakers-ride-donkey-carts-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-19T05:06:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/cant-afford-petrol-pakistan-pti-workers-ride-donkey-carts-to-assembly-in-protest/articleshow/134347843.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers and workers in Sindh province staged a protest against soaring fuel prices by riding donkey carts to the provincial assembly. The protest was held after petrol prices rose to Rs 390.79 per litre and high-speed diesel (HSD) to Rs 424.92 per litre following the latest adjustment on Thursday. PTI MPA Sajjad Ali and other lawmakers rode donkey carts from areas near the assembly to its main gate, carrying placards and raising slogans against the federal government. The protest aimed to highlight the difficulties faced by ordinary people because of rising fuel costs, with Ali stating that people were bearing the brunt of the government’s policies. The government has introduced a relief scheme targeting users of motorcycles, rickshaws, Qingqis and other two- and three-wheelers, as well as small cars with engines up to 800cc, but the scheme faced problems on its first day of nationwide rollout.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}