Govt of Azad Kashmir on appeal of Awami Action Committee issues notification of decrease in prices of flour & electricity

ISLAMABAD, May 13 (SABAH): Azad Jammu and Kashmir government has announced subsidy in prices of flour and electricity immediately after the federal government approved release of Rs 23 billion from national exchequer to solve the issue.

Government of Azad Kashmir on the appeal of Awami Action Committee has issued notification of decrease in prices of flour and electricity.

Notification of domestic electricity, one to 100 units at Rs 3, one hundred to 300 units at Rs 5, more than 300 at Rs 6 whereas commercial 100 to 300 Rs 10 and more than 300 at Rs 15, has been issued.

As per the notification, price of flour has been reduced from 3100 rupees to 2000 rupees per 40 kilogram.

The AJK Prime Minister thanked the federal government for enduring a burden of twenty three billion rupees on national exchequer with an open heart to for the sake of people of Azad Kashmir.