While responding to the questions of journalists, the prime minister said the government was working to provide relief to the electricity consumers.
Hamza Shehbaz Sharif as chief minister Punjab allocated Rs 100 billion to give relief to the consumers who were using 100 electricity units, he added.
He said fuel adjustment charge on electricity bills was deferred by the federal government and the finance minister would convince the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the issue.
He asked the provincial governments to break cartels and bring down prices of edible items and make the price control committees active to stop price gouging.
Shehbaz Sharif said the agriculture package would help reduce food import and would encourage the local farmers.
To a question about the auto sector, he said the government would look into the issues related to the auto sector to make it more beneficial for the consumers.
He said there was massive pilferage of taxes in the unorganized sector of the tobacco industry.
He invited the foreign and domestic investors to invest in the manufacturing of tractors.
Shehbaz Sharif said the government had no control on the imported inflation, adding he was monitoring the prices of oil and gas in the international market for providing relief to the consumers.
To a question, he said National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) had provided financial assistance in the flood affected districts of South Punjab and the record was available for all to see.
He pointed out that it was responsibility of the Punjab government to force industrialists to start the sugarcane crushing season and eradicate fake insecticides.
He said the agriculture package addressed the concerns of the farmers who came to Islamabad to demonstrate for their demands.