Government Availing All Option to Provide Relief to Common Man: Fawad Chaudhry
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Addressing media after meeting of federal cabinet, science and technology minister says government is weighing legal options if ECP does not resign
Prime Minister Imran Khan is personally monitoring the prices of daily essentials and the incumbent government is utilizing all options to provide relief to the common man, Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Tuesday.
Addressing media alongside Finance Minister Hammad Azhar after a meeting of the federal cabinet, he reiterated the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s stance that the economy had been “in shambles” when it came to power. “Regardless, we took all possible steps to protect the poor from the effects of inflation and price hike,” he claimed, adding that the government’s efforts would help the Utility Stores Corporation emerge from losses by the end of the year.
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ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday announced that it would move the court to initiate contempt proceedings against the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) if they did not resign from their offices.
“We are working with the Attorney General of Pakistan and if the ECP (members) does not resign, we will go for contempt of court proceedings against them,” Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said at a joint press conference with Minister for Industries Hammad Azhar.
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Addressing the media after the cabinet meeting, Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry provided details of the decisions taken at the meeting.
He said Prime Minister Imran Khan had personally been monitoring the prices of daily-use items and all possible steps were being taken to provide relief to the common man.
About the cabinet approval of issuance of licences to a few ones, including Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, the minister said there had to be a policy on the matter; therefore, the cabinet had asked the Ministry of Interior to come up with a policy on issuance of licences, ensuring whosoever deserved, should get arms licences. And, he added, hopefully, in the next few weeks, a policy will be finalised in that context. About a report on oil marketing companies (OMCs), he said that things would move forward, once the report was sent to
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