ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet decided to bring down prices of naan and roti to their previous rates throughout the country.
“Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken a stern notice of increasing prices of naan and roti and decided to take immediate steps to revert them to their original rates,” said Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan at a press conference after the cabinet meeting.
She said besides the cabinet meeting the prime minister also presided over a meeting on gas tariff and rates of naan and roti. She said the prime minister also called a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet on Wednesday (today) aimed at reducing the gas tariff, especially for Tandoorwalas, and cutting the price of Atta (wheat flour) and duties on it.
At present naan is selling at Rs12 to Rs15 in different cities of the country. However, before an increase in the gas tariff and rates of wheat flour, naan price ranged between Rs8 and Rs10. Similarly, roti is available at Rs10 to Rs12 while its previous rate was Rs7 to Rs8.
In a separate decision, the cabinet approved bifurcation of the services and operations wings of the Civil Aviation Authority to provide better facilities to the people, especially foreign tourists. “Special counters will be established at all airports of the country to facilitate foreign and local tourists and other passengers,” she added.
Dr Awan said Prime Minister Khan had also directed all the ministers to present their ministries’ performance report on a monthly basis before the cabinet.
In order to improve governance and service delivery of certain divisions/ministries, the Prime Minister’s Performance Delivery Unit (PMDU) after detailed deliberations has devised a composite tasking document containing proposed interventions; with timelines, in the shape of targeted institutional interventions. By implementing these interventions, it is hoped that the federal ministries/divisions and their attached departments will be able to improve service delivery across their domains.
Specialised tasks will be given to the ministries which have to be achieved on the basis of time-based deliverables (three to six months). The ministries will be at liberty to incorporate their own in-house initiatives, which they can complete within three to six months and share those with the PMDU within one week.
