Federal Cabinet: PM Imran vows to control inflation at any cost

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Federal Cabinet: PM Imran vows to control inflation at any cost

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he is fully aware of the plight of the people due to the rising inflation in the country and vowed to bring the inflation under control at any cost.

The Prime Minister said this while addressing a meeting of the Federal Cabinet. He said that we will get to the bottom of the issue of inflation and hoarding. Steps must be taken to control inflation. He also called a meeting on reduction in wheat and flour prices.

According to details, a meeting of the federal cabinet was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Imran Khan in which the issue of inflation was focused.

The federal ministers called for urgent measures to control inflation and said that bureaucracy was an obstacle in resolving issues. Ministers said that the bureaucracy involved in the wheat crisis should be identified.

The federal cabinet strongly condemned the blasphemous caricatures in France, saying such publicity was unacceptable. There is a difference between freedom of expression and blasphemy. Hate is being spread under the guise of freedom of expression.

The world needs to get out of Islamophobia, international community should end double standards. The blasphemous sketches hurt the feelings of millions of Muslims.

The meeting also strongly condemned the Peshawar blast and offered prayers for the martyrs of the incident.

The Federal Cabinet was briefed on availability of essential commodities including wheat, sugar, timeline of wheat import till January 30, 2021, sugar import schedule and reduction in prices.