Govt endeavours to provide relief to people: PM
Last updated on: 05 November,2020 10:56 pm
Govt endeavours to provide relief to people: PM
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Prime Minister Imran Khan says the government is making every effort to provide relief to the people.
Chairing a meeting in Islamabad on Thursday, to review steps regarding price control and availability of essential commodities, the Prime Minister said that he is himself is monitoring the situation closely.
He said now the economic indicators are moving right direction the government is making all possible efforts to transfer the benefits to general public.
The Prime Minister directed that availability of sugar and flour be constantly monitored and advance arrangement for future needs be ensured. He also directed for timely arrangement of supply of imported sugar to different parts of the country.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Imran Khan has stressed to easy the process of approval of Projects to facilitate investors.
Addressing the weekly meeting of National Coordinating Committee for Housing, Construction and Development in Islamabad today, he directed that action be taken against the officers who are involved in unnecessary delay in the approval process.
The Association of Builders and Developers informed the meeting that 74 projects have been approved in Sindh Province with a total cost of 28 billion rupees while 4714 projects have been approved in Punjab since July 2020.
The meeting was informed that after sales of cement increased by 17 percent and steel by 19 percent between September 2019 and September 2020. ABAD praised the government s efforts to facilitate the approval process for construction and also offered suggestions in this regard.