In a big relief for poor, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday announced a Ramazan package providing free wheat flour to the inflation-hit people. The package is first of its kind aimed at facilitating the poor population. Chairing a review meeting, the prime minister said after its launch in Punjab, the federal government would extend cooperation to provinces to replicate the programme. The prime minister directed the authorities concerned to complete the comprehensive strategy for the supply of flour to the poor families as soon as possible. Chief Secretary Punjab Zahid Akhtar Zaman and Finance Secretary Mujahid Sherdil briefed the prime minister about the Ramazan package. Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Raza Naqvi, the Secretary Food and other senior officials attended the meeting. Meanwhile, on his Twitter handle, the prime minister said that he realized the severe difficulties faced by millions of people living below the poverty line due to price hike.
On the advent of Ramazan ul Mubarak, the people should come forward and become a source of relief and comfort to the poor segment of society, the prime minister stressed. So, a decision over provision of free flour had been taken, he said and expressed the hope that other provinces would also share their part in this kind gesture.
