Pakistan moves to fix gaps in PM Sharif’s fuel relief scheme as uptake tops 1.7 million

ISLAMABAD: The government moved to broaden and tidy up Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s fuel relief program on Saturday, ordering that every operating fuel station be brought onto the system, allowing token redemption by text message where there is no internet, and loosening the rules for motorcycle, rickshaw and Qingqi riders who make up the bulk of enrollees.