Those crying about lockdown have stashed billions of dollars abroad: Shibli.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz has said that the opposition had only criticized the government but had not given any suggestions. Those crying about lockdown have stashed billions of dollars abroad.

Briefing the media regarding cabinet meeting Information Minister Senator Shibli Faraz said that the cabinet has expressed concern on rising price of flour and it endorsed the instruction of Prime Minister to rectify the situation. A committee under Advisor to PM Hafeez Shaikh will monitor and supervise the situation to streamline the process and make it transparent.

Senator Shibli Faraz said the Prime Minister directed to determine the demand and supply of flour on scientific basis. He said 27 million tons of flour is our requirement with availability of 25 million tons. He said Punjab Government has been directed to release 900.000 tons of wheat from its stores to overcome the shortage of commodity. He said steps are being taken to stop smuggling of wheat as well as bringing transparency in its availability.

Shibli Faraz said that the Prime Minister has approved to increase the quality of petrol and diesel up to Euro Five while the sugar pricing system will be operational in three months.

The Minister said this step will bring improvement and transparency in whole value chain of sugar production. He said the process of determining the prices of sugar will be visible in next three months. This will result in provision of the commodity to people at reasonable rates.

He said Federal Cabinet has welcomed the verdict of Islamabad High Court on sugar inquiry case and reiterated the government s resolve to bring the perpetrators to task that made undue profit from people.

The Minister said the federal cabinet discussed and appreciated the performance of Ministry of Education for introducing uniform curriculum in the country. The cabinet discussed the use of online education by utilizing modern technologies in the post-COVID environment. The Prime Minister emphasized on making this facility available in far flung areas of the country, especially Balochistan.

Shibli Faraz said that the health system...