ISLAMABAD:,,, Distribution of ration under Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s Ramadan relief package worth subsidy of 7.5 billion rupees beguns to provide respite to deserving families during the holy month.

The distribution will continue till the night before Eid-ul-Fitr. Nineteen items including flour, rice, pulses, ghee, edible oil, sugar, milk are being provided through 4,775 utility stores to around forty million families.

Chairing a high level meeting in Islamabad today regarding the Ramadan package and Benazir Income Support Porgramme, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif said no compromise will be made on quality of edibles being distributed under the package.

He said strict monitoring will be done to ensure that no deserving person faces any problem during the distribution of package. The Prime Minister directed the officials concerned to increase counters and establish mobile units for further easing the distribution of package, especially cheap flour.

He said strict action will be taken against hoarders involved in creating artificial price hike of essential items. He said a countrywide awareness campaign should be launched so that maximum deserving families can be benefited. The system should be made more integrated and effective for immediate redressal of the complaints of the people who came to get the package.

On the occasion, the Prime Minister also directed the relevant officials to distribute quarterly installment of ten thousand and five hundred rupees to deserving people under the Benazir Income Support Program and include an additional two thousand rupees per family for the deserving people of Balochistan.