PM presents aid of 28 billion rupees package

ISLAMABAD:

In an attempt to soften the blow of his governments decision withdraw subsidies on fuel, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Friday new relief package of 28 billion rupees per month to “protect the poor from the impact of inflation”.

In his first address to the nation the day after government caved in in and fulfilled the condition of the IMF, prime minister defended move as “a necessary measure to prevent the bankruptcy of the country” and laid the blame on the previous government for “destruction of the country economy”.

Under the relief package, Shahbaz said Rs 2,000 each will be paid to poor families across the country and scholarships will be given to deserving families under the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), adding that the public service stores it was proposed to sell a 10-kilogram bag of flour for 400 rupees.

“We’ve raised our prices. of petroleum products with heavy heart. We sacrificed political interests and preferred national interest pull economy out of in current crisis,” he said. “We’ll take every decision and do everything possible promote the journey of national development”.

He accused former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) with destruction national economy, saying that Imran Khan under the leadership government accepted stringent conditions from the IMF, which made people life is miserable. “Previous government granted subsidies on fuel for political conquests,” he said. added.

“We are not responsible for agreement with IMF on hard terms, pushing the country into darkness of economic quagmire and load shedding, burying the country under the worst debt cargo in this is history and suffocation of the economy but previous government this is prime minister said.

“We are launching new relief package worth 28 billion rupees per month to save the poor people from the burden of rising prices for gasoline and diesel fuel, prime minister said the nation. He said that 14 million poor families, including 85 million people, will be given 2,000 rupees for family.

“It in in addition to the cash assistance provided to them under the Benazir Income Support Program. It’s a relief package will be made part of in next budget”, he said. In addition, he added that he was in charge of the utility stores to set in price of bag 10 kg of flour 400 rub.

He emphasized that former prime minister Imran Khan was removed from power on public demand and democratic means. ” people of Pakistan wanted get rid of of in [previous] incompetent and corrupt rulers, so we accepted challenge,” he continued.

“Now Pakistan will run according to the constitution and not on a whim of personality. We will protect lives and property of in people at any cost,” he said, adding that government initiated consultations with all political parties agree on charter of in economy.

Reminder of tenure of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), from 2013 to 2018, prime minister emphasized that his party built several development projects and stopped uploading in country.

The prime minister criticized the previous government for care behind “Countless stories of corruption”, adding that with them [PTI leaders] behavior of victimization, anger and impoliteness, they tore apart social fabrics and grew “harvest of hate”.

He said former prime minister for for the sake of of his nefarious political designs came up with in story of a false foreign letter.

However, the National Security Committee categorically stated twice that there was no conspiracy behind crowding out of in former prime minister and Pakistani Ambassador to the United States also rejected story of conspiracy, he explained.

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“But the man lied for his nefarious political aims and harmed the vital national interests.”

He said that if someone thinks that his arrogance is above the constitution and national institutions he was wrong.

“Pakistan will move forward according to the constitution and not out of arrogance of a person.”

He recalled that during of Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, was different progress but then Imran Khan directed the drama of sit-ins at a time when Chinese President Xi Jinping was about to visit Pakistan to sign historic agreement of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).