Purchasing power of people increased by 37 percent: SAPM

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MG News | August 11, 2021 at 09:11 AM GMT+05:00

August 11, 2021: Special Assistant to Prime Minister, Shahbaz Gill has said that according to statistics, the purchasing power of people in Pakistan has increased by thirty seven percent due to dynamic policies of the government.

Addressing a news conference at Bahawalpur, he said purchasing power of the farmers community has also increased by forty six percent after the country obtained recorded agricultural yields.

He said that Prime Minister, Imran Khan will visit Bahawalpur tomorrow and will address the Kisaan Convention and inaugurate agricultural research institutes and other mega projects to be held at Islamia University, Bahawalpur.

He said the government is delivering Kisaan Cards to farmer communities to provide them subsidies and other benefits directly.     

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