K-P gets Rs40/kg flour

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif fulfills promise despite differences with PTI chairman Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD:

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has fulfilled his promise of providing flour at a discounted price to the people of Khyber-Pakhtunkwa with the commodity being supplied at Rs40 per kg.

Sharing the details of this initiative, Federal Minister of Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said the provision of flour at a discounted price to the people of K-P would be ensured at the PM's signature 'Shehbaz Speed'. She added that the supply of flour at Rs40 per kg had already been started in the PTI-led province.

“For expedient and effective realisation of the PM's initiative for the people of K-P, 100 Mobile Stores had been launched.”

The province had been divided into two zones vis-à-vis Abbottabad and Peshawar zone for this purpose. This systematic supply of flour at discounted price would be gradually extended to the entire province of K-P, she assured.

The minister claimed that so far more than 50,000 bags of flour had been sold in Abbottabad and Peshawar zones in line with PM Shehbaz's initiative. Flour at discounted price was being provided through separate mobile stores in Abbottabad and Peshawar zones, she added.

Marriyum highlighted that in Abbotabad alone 22,070 flour bags at the discounted price of Rs40 per kg were sold over the last two days. Meanwhile, more than 23,400 bags were sold to the people in the Peshawar zone during the same time.

The information minister maintained that the number of mobile stores would be increased to 200 by June 13, so that more people of K-P could benefit from the Rs40 per kg flour initiative of the premier. In addition to this, temporary flour selling points in K-P would also be operational by June 9, and by June 17 they would increase to 500, to further facilitate the process.

Marriyum said, in line with the vision and promise by PM Shehbaz, there would more than 2,000 selling points in the province at 993 locations where people would be able to buy flour at the discounted price.

The minister concluded that the prime minister had fulfilled his promise with the brave people of K-P, who had suffered under an incompetent regime for 8 years that had stalled welfare and progress in their province. She pledged that PM Shehbaz would continue to take more initiatives for the welfare and betterment for the people of K-P.