The Punjab Cabinet today unanimously approved the Ramadan Nigehban Relief Package 2024.
The provincial cabinet met in Lahore today with first-ever female Chief Minister of Punjab in the chair.
As part of this comprehensive relief initiative, over 6.5 million relief hampers will be distributed directly to deserving individuals at their doorsteps. Each hamper will include essential items such as a 10 kg bag of flour, 2 kg of rice, sugar, edible oil, and chickpea flour (besan).
Emphasizing the importance of quality control, the Chief Minister entrusted the responsibility of ensuring the high standard of daily use items to district administrations and the Punjab Food Authority. The transportation and distribution of relief hampers will be closely monitored through a dedicated App and Dashboard developed by the Punjab IT Board, with strict oversight to ensure fair and transparent distribution.
In her directives, the Chief Minister underscored the need for vigilant monitoring against profiteering and hoarding a
ctivities, emphasizing the importance of providing training to price control magistrates to effectively curb such practices.
Meanwhile, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has announced twenty two point five billion rupees Ramadan package to provide relief to people of the province.
Chairing a meeting in Karachi today, he also accorded approval of providing five thousand rupees cash to sixty percent population of province with minimum wage.
Source: Radio Pakistan