Inflation will be under control in upcoming months: Sheikh Rasheed

SARGODHA: Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed has said that inflation would be under control in the next three months.

While talking to journalists, Sheikh Rasheed said that controlled inflation would set the rate of electricity and gas bills.

The railway minister also hinted at increasing the perks and benefits of railway employees and added that in this regard, he would meet Prime Minister Imran Khan.

The railway minister said that he would request the prime minister to increase perks of Grade-1 to Grade-16 railway employees.

He also announced that the ministry has decided to run a train from Sargodha to Raiwind.

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Earlier on Thursday, Sheikh Rasheed said that he was in a state of shock due to the irresponsible attitude of the lawyers on the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) incident.

The railway minister highlighted the behavior of lawyers and doctors by saying that valuable lives were lost between a fight of “the white coat and the black coat.”