Shaukat Tarin elected senator from KP
Last updated on: 20 December,2021 06:50 pm
Shaukat Tarin elected senator from KP
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Shaukat Tarin has been elected Senator from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Out of 145 members of the provincial assembly, 122 cast their votes during today s Senate by-election.
The finance adviser won the seat after securing 87 votes.
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin on Monday expressed gratitude to members of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly for electing him as Senator and asserted that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf would continue to serve masses.
later, talking to media after winning the Senate election from the provincial assembly, he said that he would visit Peshawar every month, adding that the government was taking pragmatic measures to provide relief to the common man, especially the poor segment of society.
Referring to price-hike, he said that it was a global phenomenon as the corona pandemic affected the economy of even developed countries across the world. However, he said that the government was giving targeted subsidies to masses under Ehsaas Rashan Card to provide respite from inflation.
He said that the national economy was witnessing 5 to 6 percent growth and soon the prices of commodities would reduce. He said that petroleum prices had increased worldwide which also affected price of petroleum products in Pakistan.
Regarding electricity and gas loadshedding, Shaukat said that more reservoir of gas were being explored to provide uninterrupted gas supply to commercial and domestic consumers, adding that priority was still being given to domestic consumers.
Referring to electricity loadshedding he said that it was the result of high line losses, and the government was working on provision of relief to masses in high line losses areas.