ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday paid surprise visits to various Utility Stores across Islamabad to inspect the execution of the Prime Minister’s Ramazan Relief Package.
During the visit, he interacted with the scheme’s beneficiaries and inquired whether they faced any problems while benefiting from the package.
He instructed the authorities concerned to ensure that entitled beneficiaries of the package faced no issue in availing the facility.
Speaking on the occasion, the PM said the government had announced a historic package worth 12 billion rupees under which eatable items would be provided to deserving families at subsidized prices during the holy month of Ramazan at Utility Stores outlets across Pakistan.
He said that under the package, the additional stipend will also be given to the families registered in Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP).
Prime Minister’s Ramazan Relief Package
PM Shehbaz Sharif said under the Relief Package, Rs77 per kg subsidy was being given on wheat flour while Rs100 per kg subsidy was being offered on ghee besides a subsidy of 20-30 percent on other food items such as pulses, rice, sugar etc for the deserving families.
He added that under the package, the BISP beneficiaries would get an additional stipend worth 10,000 rupees each, while under the Kafalat programme, thousands of families from Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Gilgit Baltistan (GB) and Balochistan will get additional amount of 2000 rupees each.
The prime minister said he had appointed multiple teams that would pay surprise visits to different utility stores to check the availability and quality of the food goods adding that strict measures would be taken against those involved in selling low-quality items at the stores.
During his visit, the PM expressed satisfaction with the availability of the subsidized items at the stores in sufficient quantity.
