Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Punjab CM Usman Buzdar Announces Rs7 Billion Ramadan Package

Punjab CM Usman Buzdar Announces Rs7 Billion Ramadan Package

Punjab CM Usman Buzdar Announces Rs7 Billion Ramadan Package

Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar. Image: File

Advertisement

Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has on Monday announced Rs7 billion Ramadan Package in order to provide relief to the needy and the poor.

While addressing a press conference in Lahore, Usman Buzdar said that the government will fulfil all essential commodities and food items to the common people.

Under the announced package, a 10-kilogram flour bag, which was traded at Rs420, would now be given at Rs300.

He further said that the Punjab government will give a subsidy worth Rs 3.5 billion for the trade of wheat flour to people at a more affordable price.

Furthermore, sugar will be available at Rs60 per kilogram at the Ramadan Bazar, which will set up across the province. “Food items will be sold in the Bazars at the rates of the year 2018,” added Buzdar.

Advertisement

Earlier in the day, Sardar Usman Buzdar directed the administration to strictly ensure the compliance of standard operating procedures (SOPs) to curb the spread of the Coronavirus outbreak.

He, in his statement today, termed the current wave of coronavirus in Pakistan as more ‘terrible’ than the previous one.

Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar had chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on the Eradication of Coronavirus.

Advertisement

He further expressed concerns over the rise in COVID-19 patients in Lahore and other districts.

Also Read

CM Punjab directs administration to ensure strict compliance of COVID-19 SOPs
CM Punjab directs administration to ensure strict compliance of COVID-19 SOPs

Chief Minister of Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar on Monday directed the administration...

Advertisement
Advertisement
Read More News On

Catch all the Pakistan News, Breaking News Event and Latest News Updates on The BOL News


Download The BOL News App to get the Daily News Update & Follow us on Google News.


End of Article

Next Story