ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed authorities to immediately issue subsidy payments to shield consumers from the recent hike in fuel prices, his office said on Sunday, as Islamabad grapples with the economic fallout of the ongoing war in the Middle East. Sharif issued the directives while chairing a meeting of federal ministers and senior officials to review progress on issuing government subsidies on petroleum products.

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