ISLAMABAD: On Wednesday, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Javed Abbasi told the National Assembly that the current administration had given free flour to deserving families as part of the Ramadan Package despite facing significant economic difficulties.
In response to a notice calling attention to incidents of loss of precious human lives during flour distribution in the nation, he said the government was making every effort to carry out the initiative of free flour distribution without impairing the self-respect of any citizen in accordance with the directives of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. According to Abbasi, the prime minister personally visited the flour distribution centers set up across the nation to assess the arrangements put in place by the government to lessen the financial woes of the average person.
“The government is taking all possible measures to reduce the difficulties of poor people during the holy month of Ramazan,” he added. Abbasi said the government was well aware of the difficulties being faced by the masses due to high inflation and fully determined to provide maximum relief to them through various initiatives. Commenting on the price-checking mechanism in the federal capital, he said the district administration was regularly checking the price across the city.
“No one will be allowed to overcharge,” he assured. Member of National Assembly Aliya Kamran complained that people of the country were facing high inflation and there was no mechanism to check the overpricing. She asked the government to take steps to overcome the difficulties being faced by the people in Ramazan. Whereas, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Sardar Ayaz Sadiq suggested snap-checking by the district administration to check the price of edible items in the month of Ramazan. The minister noted that it was an international practice to decrease the prices of edible items before any festival, but it was unfortunate in Pakistan some elements remained indulged in making an extra buck.
