In a bid to cushion the impact of his government’s decision to withdraw subsidies on fuel, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Friday a new relief package of Rs28 billion per month to “protect the poor from the impact of inflation”. “We are launching a new relief package worth Rs28 billion per month to save the poor people from the burden of rising petrol and diesel prices,” the prime minister told the nation. This relief package will be made part of the next budget," he said. He stressed that former prime minister Imran Khan was removed from power on public demand and through democratic means. He said the former prime minister for the sake of his nefarious political designs, came up with the story of a false foreign letter.

Source: The Nation May 27, 2022 18:35 UTC