Finance Minister Launches Inflation Control Panel

Islamabad, September 7, 2025, 10:20 PM PKT — Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb has launched a critical initiative, chairing the inaugural session of the Steering Committee on Inflationary Trends on Friday, September 5, 2025, with a laser focus on food prices, supply chains, and the market outlook post-floods, as outlined in an official press release. Established last week on the prime minister’s directive, the committee assessed domestic and global inflation drivers, spotlighting the burden of rising food costs on low-income and flood-affected households.

Aurangzeb directed the Ministry of National Food Security and Research and the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics to urgently collaborate with provinces to evaluate wheat, rice, and sugar reserves, pledging maximum Finance Division support to ease inflation’s impact on the poor and flood-hit. Officials stressed continuous monitoring of commodity prices, supply lines, and crop conditions for timely interventions, with senior representatives from the Finance Division, Power Division, Petroleum Division, Ministry of Planning, Ministry of National Food Security, State Bank of Pakistan, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, and Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) in attendance. The committee agreed to reconvene soon to finalize administrative steps for market stability and uninterrupted supplies. Web context on inflation policies shows past shortcomings, while posts found on X reflect hope mixed with skepticism—some welcome action, others doubt effectiveness. Critically, the narrative of “inflation control” may mask logistical challenges—web data hints at supply disruptions, and X sentiment suggests distrust in rapid relief, pointing to potential obstacles.