Nawaz Sharif hints at providing relief to the commercial power consumers

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz president Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Saturday vowed to steer the country out of inflation.

During a suddenly called meeting of the PML-N at the party’s Model Town Secretariat, which was attended by bigwigs of the party, Sharif hinted at giving relief to commercial consumers of electricity like the one given to domestic consumers for the months of Aug and Sept by reducing Rs14 per unit in power bills. 

“We won’t let anyone derail the progress the country is making under the PML-N government. We will not allow anyone to make bad decisions anymore,” he added.

He blamed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan for throwing the country in inflationary quagmire.

 “It is only the PML-N government that will rid the people of inflated electricity bills,” he claimed.

The former prime minister was of the view that only the PML-N government had the ability to steer the country out of crises and provide relief to the masses in difficult circumstances.

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“Resurrecting the country’s economy is a top priority for the government,” he said, adding, “The government will do whatever is required for strengthening the country’s economy.”

The participants, on the occasion, heaped praise on Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz and Nawaz Sharif for providing relief to consumers.

They said that the real test of a leader was whether he or she came up to the expectations of people.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, on the occasion, briefed the meeting about the government’s economic policies.

Punjab’s new local bodies system also came under discussion at the meeting.

Besides Nawaz and Shehbaz, others who attended the meeting were CM Maryam Nawaz, Hamza Shehbaz, Ishaq Dar, Ahsan Iqbal, Awais Laghari, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Rana Sanaullah and others.