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  "path": "/news/1988282/pm-shehbaz-addresses-the-nation",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-03T18:43:09.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.dawn.com",
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  "textContent": "Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is currently addressing the nation.\n\nThe address comes a day after the government announced an unprecedented increase of 43 per cent and 55pc in the prices of petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD), respectively.\n\nThe PM began by saying he was once again addressing the nation at a challenging time, with a war going on in the Middle East. And due to that war, oil prices had skyrocketed across the region, he said, adding that Pakistan had also been feeling the impact of the soaring prices.\n\nIn these circumstances, he continued, the poor, the common man, and farmers were facing difficulties.\n\nHe said he had tried his best to utilise the “national resources, which are limited”, to reduce those difficulties and for the public welfare.\n\n* * *\n\n_More to follow_",
  "title": "PM Shehbaz addresses the nation"
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