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CS Balochistan reviews Ramazan package

Staff Reporter :

Chief Secretary Balochistan, Mathar Niaz Rana chaired a meeting on Sunday that reviewed the Ramazan package. Addressing the meeting, Mr. Rana said utility stores would provide commodities at reasonable prices to the masses during the holy month of Ramazan.

He directed the deputy commissioners to run mobile stores to make sure provision of commodities to the masses. “DCs should personally monitor this”, he said. Provincial secretaries, commissioner Quetta division and other concerned quarters participated in the meeting.

Special bazaars to be established in Ramazan 

The CS Balochistan stated that government would establish special bazaars in Quetta and other parts of the province to facilitate the masses. The administration should take action against hoarders, he ordered. The Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan has already announced a Ramazan package to provide commodities at subsidized rates across the country.

QESCO directed to provide uninterrupted power supply

Mr. Rana also asked the Quetta Electric Supply Company (QESCO) to provide uninterrupted power supply during Iftar and Sehri times.

The CS however directed the administration to ensure implementation of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in bazaars and markets in Ramazan. “We have to effectively battle the third wave of COVID19”, he said.

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