Govt making efforts to curtail prices of essential commodities: PTI parliamentarians

ISLAMABAD, Feb 10 (APP):Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) parliamentarians on Monday said that the government would take special steps to curtail prices of essential commodities to provide relief to the people.

Talking to media outside the Parliament House, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Capital Development Authority (CDA) Affairs Ali Nawaz Awan said inflation is great challenge for the present government, inherited because of previous governments’ wrong policies and corruption.

He said the present government is making efforts to provide maximum relief to the common people.

Senator Seemi Ezdi said poor people are very close to the heart of Prime Minister Imran Khan, adding the prices of essential commodities would come down soon.

MNA Sadaqat Ali Abbasi said the government is taking steps to overcome the inflation and providing special relief to the poor people.

He said the government would also expose the mafia behind the wheat and sugar crisis in the country.

He said all this inflation was due to the wrong policies of the previous governments.
MNA Shiekh Rashid Shafique said the government would announce special relief package in the cabinet meeting soon.

He said the present government is committed to overcome inflation in the country. He said relief stores would be established at each union council.