Daily Times
NPMC observes higher prices in Islamabad as compared to other cities
June 1, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin on Tuesday lauded provincial governments, federal ministries and organizations for making efforts towards controlling inflation to provide relief to the masses by easing out inflationary pressure.
The minister was chairing meeting of the National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC). The minister said that controlling the prices of essential items and making lives easier for the masses was the top priority of the incumbent government.
He directed the capital administration to control the prices of essential items in the federal capital, where the NPMC observed that the prices were higher compared to rest of the country. The capital administration was directed to present a detailed report on the measures taken in the next week’s meeting.