Imran Khan directs to establish body to review country-wide food stocks.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday chaired a meeting of government's economic team and directed them to ensure availability of essential commodities across the country, media reported.

Imran Khan said that they were facing a situation that has never happened in the history and it is time to improve mobility of the government institutions to effectively fight coronavirus.

'The government will take measures to provide relief to the masses especially the low-income and poor segments,' he said adding that along with the pandemic, the government also faces challenge to fight poverty.

The premier said that overseas Pakistanis are a ray of hope for the country at the time of pandemic as they had extended their complete support for the country in times of need.

He said that the country had the ability to fight out any challenge.

Imran Khan directed the economic team to keep a close eye on shortage of essential commodities country-wide and directed to establish a special committee comprising of federal and provincial officials aimed at reviewing food stocks on daily-basis.

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