Former caretaker Punjab Minister for Industries, Ex-President of Multan & Dera Ghazi Khan chambers of Commerce & Industry and renowned industrialist Khawaja Jalaluddin Roomi has appreciated the Prime Minister’s food subsidy package worth Rs120 billion providing a 30 percent discount on ghee, flour, and pulses to support 130 million people for six months would immensely help reduce the impact of inflation. Commenting on the PM relief Package, Jalaluddin Roomi has highly lauded Prime Minister Imran Khan for announcing the country’s biggest-ever subsidy food package to support over 130 million people by ebbing away from the impact of inflation and providing them direct relief on flour, ghee/cooking oil and pulses for six months.
He said the Prime Minister has announced a historic food subsidy package that would directly benefit 13 crore people in Pakistan including in Khyber Pakthunkhwa.
He said 53percent population of Pakistan would get support from the historic relief package, adding Rs1000 subsidy on flour, pulses and ghee/cooking oil per family would be provided every month.
Roomi that the Prime Minister has deserved full credit and appreciation for announcing Pakistan’s biggest ever food subsidy package for people, adding 20 million masses would be directly benefited. Food subsidy package is apart from the ongoing different programs under Ehsaas Initiative worth Rs 260 billion launched by the Government to facilitate poor people.
He termed the food subsidy package as a historic step of the Government to provide relief to poor people, farmers, laborers, and other segments of the society on important food items.
He said flour, pulses, and ghee were the most common food items being used by poor people on which they are spending a substantial amount from their hard-earned money and the package was a great blessing for them.
He was of the view that Chambers of Commerce & Industry across the country can play their role to reduce the dearness in the country by launching a help-programme of needy classes. He further said that they can provide food to the destitutes besides providing jobs to unemployed people
Khawaja Jalaluddin Roomi said that Privileged class ,philanthropists and generous people should follow the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and they must come forward to alleviate the miseries of the common man.