Day: August 27, 2022

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will pay an aerial visit to the flood-affected areas of Sindh.

According to Prime Minister Office, he will be the visiting areas of Sukkur, Rohri, Khairpur, Faiz Ganj, Kot Diji and Thari Mirwah.

Representatives of Sukkur District Administration and Provincial Disaster Management Authority will brief the Prime Minister about ongoing work to help flood victims and restore the infrastructure.

Shehbaz Sharif will review the relief work and also meet the flood victims.

Later, the Chief Secretary Sindh and Chief Engineer Sukkur Barrage will brief the Prime Minister about devastation caused by floods.

Source: Radio Pakistan

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has constituted a high level committee to address complaints of power consumers.

Chairing a meeting in Islamabad on Friday, he directed to implement the relief announced for the consumers using up to two hundred units in twenty four hours. He said the electricity bills be reduced as per the announced relief in the given timeframe.

Shehbaz Sharif directed the staff of DISCOs to work round the clock for correction of the bills. He said holidays of the staff be cancelled for immediate completion of this work and the report of this be presented to him.

The Prime Minister said banks should also be directed to remain open in the coming days for payment of the bills.

The meeting was informed that implementation of the relief announced by the Prime Minister for the power consumers is being ensured. He said correction of the bills of 16.6 million consumers is being done as per the relief given in the fuel price adjustment.

Source: Radio Pakistan

Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has appreciated the All Pakistan Chinese Enterprises Association for donating 15.5 million rupees to the Prime Minister’s Flood Relief Fund.

In a statement, he said Pakistan is one of the lowest carbon producing country yet we are among the top 10 countries that are vulnerable to climate change.

The Planning Minister said the recent rains are unprecedented as Sindh received more than 400 percent and Balochistan 370 percent rainfall, leaving the two provinces to be the badly affected.

Source: Radio Pakistan