ISLAMABAD, March 01 (ONLINE): Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif has announced Ramadan Relief Package worth twenty billion rupees in Islamabad under which cash amount will be given to 40 lac families in the country.
Addressing the launching ceremony, the PM said Rs 5000 each will be provided to 40 lac families through digital wallet this year.
He said this relief package will cover all the four provinces, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan. He said there will be round the clock supervision and monitoring of the relief package.
The Prime Minister emphasized this package will spare people from the hassle of standing in long queues outside the Utility Stores. He said the Utility Stores Corporation will also be privatized.
On the occasion, the Prime Minister also strongly condemned the terrorist attack at Darul Uloom Haqqania, saying it has aggrieved the entire nation. He expressed the confidence that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government would apprehend those behind the horrific incident and give exemplary punishment. He reaffirmed the determination to root out the menace of terrorism.
In his remarks on the occasion, Minister for Industries and Production Rana Tanveer Hussain said cash transfers under Ramadan Relief Package will be completed in ten days. He said stalls will be established at the tehsil level during the holy month of Ramadan for provision of sugar at one hundred and thirty rupees per kilogram. He said Utility Stores will also provide essential commodities to the people on fifteen percent discount.
We are now getting rid of Utility stores. These will be privatized. Due to it betterment will come.
People will not have to stand in queues now under Ramadan package. On the other hand they will be able to get relief through digital wallet in respectable way, he added.
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