Zubair Qureshi
A day after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took notice of the sky-rocketing food prices and unavailability of wheat flour especially at the utility stores, the government ministers and local administration spurred into action and visited various markets and stores to monitor smooth and uninterrupted food supply there.
They also examined quality of the food items and their prices as per the government rates.
Federal Minister for Information & Broadcasting AttaullahTarar along with Federal Minister RanaTanveerHussain paid a surprise visit to the utility store at Aabpara Market, G-6 Islamabad.
Both the ministers visited the utility store on the directives of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and reviewed quality of the edibles being sold at subsidized rates under the Ramazan Relief Package 2024.
The federal ministers also interacted with the public at the utility store to get their feedback in that regard.
According to RanaTanveer, special discounts were being given to consumers at utility store under the Ramazan Relief Package 2024.
He said the government was making all-out efforts to ensure uninterrupted supply of food items during the holy month of Ramazan.
Prices of food items at utility stores were lesser than the market, he said, while expressing the government’s resolve to maintain these rates.
AttaullahTarar said the government was taking various measures to provide relief to the poor people during Ramazan.
He said the government had announced the Ramazan package under which the poor people were being provided subsidy on various food items.
Special discount was given by the government on flour, ghee, sugar and other items, he added.
The federal ministers also reviewed the provision of items under the special subsidy provided by the government to the beneficiaries under the Benazir Income Support Programme at the utility stores.
On the occasion, the public urged the federal ministers to increase the number of counters at the utility stores.
The federal ministers directed to increase the number of counters at the utility stores and speed up the process of providing food items to the people.
