ISLAMABAD – The Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan (USC) has rejectedthe media rumours.
Earlier a news was published in media, which claimed that the governmentwas intending to close down the Utility Stores.
In a statement issued the USC spokesman said it has initiated revamping andrestructuring of whole its countrywide networks of the stores in order toimprove their performance to facilitate its clients on ensure supply ofquality essential commodities on controlled rates.
He said that all such news items were baseless and against the reality. Heinformed that the ban on the procurement of the commodities was temporaryand due to restructuring and would be removed soon after completion of theprocess.
Besides, he said that not an employee of the corporation would be removedfrom his job as there was no plan for the consideration of the governmentto close down the corporation.
However, he said that the Ministry of Industries and Production was workingon the restructuring of the corporation to improve its performance and dueto revamping process the ban on the procurement was imposed, which would belifted by the next week.
The spokesman further said that the USC was determined to facilitate thecommon man in the country by providing them the essential daily usedquality commodities on controlled rated through its network across thecountry.
He said that in order to facilitate the people in the country, the servicesand operations of the USC would be further improved to provide them qualityproducts on controlled rates, adding that not an employee of thecorporation would be deprived of his job.