Petrol Scheme: Prime Minister directs to establish facilitation desk comprising administration and pump staff

According to a statement issued from Prime Minister Office, a review meeting was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif regarding progress of PM Special Relief Scheme to provide relief to low-income and middle class from increase in petroleum products prices in view of Gulf situation, under the scheme fuel subsidy is being provided to owners of motorcycles, rickshaws and vehicles up to 800cc.

In the meeting, the Prime Minister directed to establish facilitation desks comprising administration, volunteers and petrol pump staff for easy access of subsidy for the public and said that persons present at facilitation desks should guide deserving citizens of the scheme to provide relief.

He said that every possible guidance should be provided to the public in registration and other necessary stages, the Prime Minister directed relevant authorities to remain active for any kind of awareness regarding the scheme among the public.

In the meeting, the Prime Minister was informed regarding progress of fuel subsidy scheme that after inauguration of the scheme's pilot in Islamabad, now the scheme has been inaugurated across the country including Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.

In the briefing, it was told that this scheme has been made extremely easy for the public, only four pieces of information are required for registration of fuel subsidy scheme, CNIC number, vehicle number plate, province of registration and date of registration of vehicle are four basic information required for registration in this scheme.

The meeting was told that complete details of fuel subsidy scheme are available on Urdu website http://www.pmfuelrelief.pk and number of successful registrations is gradually increasing.

It was further told that provincial governments are fully cooperating to implement the scheme at nationwide level.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, federal ministers Ahad Khan Cheema, Ataullah Tarar, Shaza Fatima Khawaja, Ali Pervaiz Malik, Minister of State for Finance Bilal Azhar Kayani, Special Assistant Tariq Bajwa and senior officers of relevant institutions participated in the meeting chaired by the Prime Minister.