Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Orders Cancellation of Licenses of Petrol Pumps Refusing Fuel Subsidy to Citizens; Expresses Satisfaction Over Progress and Transparency of Fuel Relief Program
ISLAMABAD: Parking authorities are required to immediately block the operating licenses of petrol pumps that are not giving subsidized fuel benefits to eligible citizens, according to the directive of PM Shehbaz Sharif.
The PM has also led a high-level review meeting in Islamabad to review the progress and transparency in the execution of the Prime Minister Fuel Relief Program and has expressed complete satisfaction on the transparent execution and roll out of the welfare program. He said that the facilitation of the registration and subsidy access processes have successfully improved the citizen enrollment with the aim that deserving individuals directly benefit from these processes.
The Prime Minister Fuel Relief Program Review Meeting featured the following key highlights:
Officials informed the Prime Minister that a whopping 15,509,282 deserving citizens have managed to register under the petroleum subsidy scheme till date as of November 4. The registered beneficiaries are 15.06 million motorcycle owners and 449 000 owners of vehicles of less than 1000cc.
Under the relief package, Rs 28.6 billion has been disbursed till now and Rs 18.5 billion has been used on tokens until now. Additionally, 63,153,685 fuel tokens have been issued under the scheme, with the majority of tokens having been used by consumers at designated fuel stations (59,445,347 tokens).
Fully operational dedicated Helpdesks and Call Centres: To give consumers and pump owners easy and convenient access, the dedicated Helpdesks and Call centres have been made fully functional to deliver information and facilitate immediate redressal of grievances.