Prime Minister Imran Khan’s relief package to the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) has shown a massive impact within a month.
As per details, PM Khan approved an Rs. 6 billion relief package for the utility stores across the country earlier this month to ensure an uninterrupted supply of grocery items at subsidized rates.
Now, a monthly report of the USC has shown an 800 percent increase in the sales for January 2020.
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Dr. Shahbaz Gill, the former spokesperson of Punjab government, revealed this in a Twitter post.
Utility Stores sales witness 800 pc increase in a single month. During January 2020, sales recorded at Rs. 4.9 billion, 800 pc higher than January 2019.
It said that the corporation recorded a sale of Rs. 4.9 billion in January alone, which is 800 percent higher than the corresponding month last year and 578 percent more than December 2019. This is a record in its own as never has the USC ever recorded this much sales in a single month.
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While he credited the government for successfully providing relief to the masses in the times of inflation, some believed otherwise.
A Twitter user commented that the stats point at the drastic decrease in the purchasing power of the common man.
Jab poray Pakistan mein chezain mehngi ho jain gi, to log Utility store he jain ge na :D