The administration will establish sasta bazaars and 35 fair price shops in rural and urban areas PHOTO: EXPRESSTo provide relief to the public from skyrocketing prices of essential items, the provincial cabinet on Tuesday approved a motion to establish 16 ‘Sasta Insaf Bazaars’ across the province. This was decided during a meeting of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Cabinet which met in Peshawar on Tuesday with Chief Minister Mahmood Khan in the chair. Deliberating over the skyrocketing prices of essential items, the cabinet deliberated over a plan to offer some relief to the public in the form of the ‘sasta bazaars’. CM Mahmood directed the K-P Planning and Development Department to immediately formulate proposals for the execution of the Chashma Right Bank Canal. The cabinet approved the names of the board of governors for the unofficial members of the Health Foundation.

Source: The Express Tribune October 21, 2020 04:30 UTC