Pakistan prime minister orders revocation of petrol pump licenses
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered authorities to cancel the licenses of petrol pumps that do not provide services to registered beneficiaries of the Prime Minister’s Fuel Relief Programme in Pakistan.
The Prime Minister expressed satisfaction with the transparency of the subsidy scheme. He credited a team of officials for creating a dashboard system to monitor the program and simplify how citizens register for and receive subsidies.
The program provides a price reduction of Rs100 per litre for owners of motorcycles, rickshaws, and small vehicles. Authorities have established separate call centers to handle complaints from both consumers and petrol pump operators. The government aims to use the technology from this initiative to improve future public welfare projects.
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