Punjab helps 80m deserving families: CM

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Wednesday said the government is providing relief and maximum facilities to people of Province.
In a statement on Wednesday, he said that through the Punjab Ehsaas Ration Discount Program, forty percent affordable items are being provided to eight million deserving families.
He said that deserving families can buy pulses, ghee, oil and flour at a reduced rate of 40 percent from registered grocery stores.
Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Wednesday announced to extend all-out support to the long march, which is about to stage by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan from Friday. –Agencies