Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) General Secretary Liaqat Baloch on Wednesday expressed concern over the exorbitant increase in prices before the month of Ramadan, saying the relief packages announced by the federal and the provincial governments were a failure.
He said that both the governments were making tall claims for the provision of essential items on low rates but the markets all over the country belied this claim.
He said the federal government’s relief package of Rs 2.5 billion and Punjab government’s package worth Rs 4 billion were insignificant for the 180 million masses of the country. He said if the governments seriously desired to provide relief to the masses, they should take solid measures through effective mechanism of price and quality control.
The JI leader said practically there were no utility stores for 65 per cent of the population in rural areas. He called for opening more utility stores in the countryside with adequate supplies of sugar, wheat and other essential items.
