LAHORE: According to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, 15.8 million households in Punjab province will receive free wheat flour during the holy month of Ramadan.
A package for the free distribution of wheat flour had been prepared for the first time in the history of the nation, according to the prime minister, who presided over a meeting to review the Ramazan Package. From the 25th of Sha’ban to the 25th of Ramazan, he said, the wheat flour would be distributed through 8,500 utility stores. Additionally, 20,000 additional flour distribution points will be established to aid the populace.
The prime minister directed the authorities concerned to ensure transparency in the distribution of free flour among the poor and instructed to use modern technology to curb theft during the process. Moreover, he said no compromise would be made on the quality of flour.
He said the people would be able to check their eligibility for the free wheat flour through an SMS.
The prime minister said the federal government would also assist the other provinces for such a program.
The representative of the Punjab government gave a detailed briefing to the prime minister on the free flour distribution program during the Holy Ramazan.
Caretake Punjab Chief Minister Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi, Advisor to PM Ahad Cheema and relevant senior officers attended the meeting.
In a major step for relief of the lower and middle-income class, Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on Monday also decided that the federal government would provide petrol for motorcyclists and rickshaws drivers at reduced rates.
PM Shehbaz, chairing a high-level meeting to discuss the measures for reducing the impact of inflation on the lower and middle-income classes, said the government was striving to minimise the difficulties faced by the said income groups.
The prime minister principally decided to provide petrol for the motorcyclists and rickshaws drivers at reduced rates as a program for their relief had been designed. At the meeting, different proposals were put forward regarding the program.
He directed the relevant officers to finalise and submit the program as the “government would take all possible steps to protect the low and middle-income groups against inflation”.
