'Done in two weeks', minister unveils Shehbaz's two-week' performance.

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had done in two weeks whatB former PM Imran Khan could not even think of in his four years rule.

In a statement, presenting a review the two-week performance of PM Shahbaz Sharif's government, she said that the supply of cheap goods like sugar and wheat flour had been started to the afflicted people.

Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif,she said reduced sugar price from Rs 85 to Rs 70 per Kg whereas 10 kg bag flour price had been cut to Rs 400 instead of Rs 550.

She said that inflation, which had reached an all-time high in four years, had started to come down gradually.

Marriyum said that the PM had issued directives to end loadshedding from May 1 and in two weeks, 20 out of 27 closed power generating units had been made operational.

She said that during past two weeks, steps were taken to supply oil and gas in record time to run power plants.

Factories that have been shut down for over a year due to technical glitches were starting to come back to life, she maintained.

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