–Says Sindh responsible for flour shortage; claims economy revived
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz has said that opposition’s narrative against Pakistan and national defence is not acceptable in any case.
Addressing a press conference regarding the steps taken in the cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the minister said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) recent narrative is aimed at putting aside their corruption cases. He said that negative propaganda of PML-N is not acceptable to any segment of Pakistani society.
The minister slammed Pakistan Democratic Movement for toeing the Indian agenda of spreading anarchy in the country.
Faraz said that the government has planned to announce a reasonable support price for wheat that will help reduce the artificial shortage of flour in the country. He said that the Sindh government’s failure to purchase wheat in time led to flour shortage.
He also said that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) of the 80s has dissipated and the party at present has no relevance with its forebears. Noting the behaviour of Sindh’s ruling party following the global pandemic outbreak, Faraz claimed the party tried to spread uncertainty but it only turned out to be a blow-back for it.
The federal minister said the Sindh government forced the citizenry into buying expensive wheat flour whereas if it had released the provincial stocks, things would have been better. He claimed PPP created an artificial crisis and said shortages of sugar and wheat were created by the ruling party of Sindh.
The minister said that according to the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan, to facilitate small and medium enterprises, the government has decided that SMEs will get additional electricity at 50 per cent reduced rates from the first of this month till 30th of June next year. He said that the electricity will be provided to the industry on off-peak hours’ basis throughout the year.
The minister claimed the national economy has revived with exports and growth showing promising upward trends and government planning to facilitate industrialists with concessions in power tariffs.
He said that electricity price was higher owing to agreements signed by earlier governments which factored in greater costs of production, however, “things are changing”.
