Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Hamza Shahbaz Sharif has said that obtaining flour at subsidized rates is a human right.
Presiding over a meeting at the CM office here on Sunday to review the wheat purchase target and flour prices, he vowed to ensure the supply of cheap flour at any cost to protect the rights of the province’s people.
The Prime Minister emphasized the need to give the masses maximum relief by adopting the best strategy and directed them to provide them with a quick relief. He decided to take steps to help the people.
CM instructed the authorities to review measures to further reduce flour prices in order to provide urgent aid to the masses and ordered the submission of an implementable plan in this regard.
The CM then ordered surveillance of the points of entry and exit from the province and the illegal transport of wheat and flour should be strictly stopped.
Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) Awais Leghari, Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan, Nauman Langrial, Bilal Yasin Rana Ijaz Noon, Zeeshan Rafique, PMLN leader Atta Tarar, chief secretary, CM chief secretary, secretaries of the relevant departments and senior officials attended the meeting. while commissioners and deputy commissioners attended the meeting via video link.