Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday paid surprise visits to different utility stores across the federal capital to inspect the implementation of the Prime Minister’s Ramazan Relief Package.
Talking to the media, the prime minister said that the government had record of all deserving people.”Ghee has been decreased by Rs100 per kg besides reducing other items by 30 percent. No negligence will be tolerated with regard to quality. As many as 1,200 mobile units has been arranged for transporting the Ramazan Relief Package,” he declared.
During the visit, the prime minister interacted with the beneficiaries of the scheme and inquired whether they faced any issues while benefiting from the package. He instructed the authorities concerned to ensure that entitled beneficiaries of the Relief Package faced no problem in availing the facility.
Besides, he said under the package, additional stipend will also be given to the families registered in Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP). PM Shehbaz Sharif said under the federal government’s Ramazan Relief Package, Rs 77 per kg subsidy was being given on wheat flour while Rs 100 per kg subsidy was being offered on ghee besides a subsidy of 20-30% on other food items such as rice, pulses, sugar etc for the deserving families.
Federal Ministers Ishaq Dar, Rana Tanveer Hussain, Attaullah Tarar and Khawaja Muhammad Asif accompanied the prime minister. Earlier, the government has decided to increase working hours for the execution of Ramzan Relief package.
Sources said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had directed to increase working hours of utility stores across the country. According to sources, it has been decided to keep the utility stores open till 10pm.
All the zonal and general managers have been intimated to implement the timings.
In exchange, the utility stores’ employees will be allowed an allowance of Rs500 till the Chand Raat.
