Regardless of the absence of presidency subsidies, Utility Shops Company has recorded a gentle enhance in month-to-month gross sales throughout Pakistan, ARY Information reported on Monday.
In keeping with sources, gross sales in January witnessed a 17% rise in comparison with December.
In January 2025, complete gross sales at utility shops amounted to Rs1.80 billion, up from Rs1.53 billion recorded in December.
The sources additional say Peshawar Zone led with the best gross sales of Rs359 million, adopted by Faisalabad Zone at Rs348 million and Islamabad Zone at Rs279 million.
Different notable figures embody Lahore Zone with Rs244 million, Abbottabad Zone at Rs213 million, and Multan Zone at Rs178 million in gross sales for January 2025.
In the meantime, gross sales in Karachi Zone stood at Rs87 million, Sukkur Zone, Rs58 million, whereas Quetta Zone recorded the bottom gross sales at Rs33 million.
Learn extra: Govt ‘kinds’ physique to halt operations of Utility Shops Company
On January 22, it emerged that the federal cupboard determined to close down the operations of the Utility Shops Company throughout Pakistan and has shaped a committee to supervise the method.
As per particulars shared by sources, seven-member committee is led by the federal minister for Business and Manufacturing.
The committee consists of the minister of state for Finance and Income, the minister of State for Info Know-how, the Federal Secretary of Finance, and the Secretary of Business and Manufacturing.
The committee is tasked with assessing how one can combine the company’s workers right into a surplus pool and reviewing the opportunity of merging them into positions inside different authorities entities, the sources stated.
Moreover, a coordination technique with BISP can be developed to make sure the well timed supply of Ramadan packages.