ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Industries and Production Tasneem Ahmed Qureshi here asked Utility Stores Corporation (USC) to expand services to rural level as majority of population resides in countryside.

Speaking at a briefing on performance and initiatives of USC, he said that coalition government was committed to providing maximum relief to masses across country, said a press release issued here. Managing Director Muhammad Ali Ammer informed him about Prime Minister’s special relief package and overall operations of USC.

He said that utility store was working hard to provide branded and non-branded items to public at comparatively lower prices. Prices of these items in utility stores were still less than in open market. Meeting was briefed on progress made on subsidy on utility stores, targeted subsidy to poor, expansion of number of utility stores across country and provision of low-price flour in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

As many as 200 mobile stores in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province are facilitating consumers at their doorsteps. In Balochistan subsidized supply of essential commodities was being ensured not only at utility stores but mobile stores had also been set up to ensure supply in remote areas, MD added.

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 05 2022

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