ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to end the Benazir Income Support Programme relief for consumers at the utility stores.
The development came after the federal government decided to completely shut down the utility stores.
The government gave two-week time to utility stores to shut down their operations across the country, sending a shockwave among 6,000 permanent employees as well as other daily wagers.
As a result, the consumers relying on the utility stores would have to buy commodities of daily use including flour and sugar at an expensive rate.
Owing to BISP, the rate of sugar would be Rs155 instead of Rs109. Also, the price of a 10-Kg bag of flour has increased from Rs650 to Rs1,500.
