The government enhanced the petrol subsidy for the low-income population to Rs100, while more measures would also be announced to protect the poor from impact of the soaring inflation, according to a senior government official on Monday.
Minister of State for Petroleum Dr Musadik Malik said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had ordered for the implementation of the petrol relief scheme within six weeks, adding that a mechanism to ensure transparency in the relief package would be finalised.
Dr Malik addressed a press conference a day after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, while chairing a high-level meeting in Lahore, announced the provision of petrol subsidy to the owners of the small vehicles.
