Federal Energy Minister Hammad Azhar said on Saturday said that a historical wave of inflation has hit the world and it will go down in 2022, ARY News reported.

Hammad Azhar, while addressing a public gathering in Lahore, said that the federal government is fully aware of difficulties being faced by the nationals due to a hike in inflation.

He said that the government has distributed health insurance cards to each family and established a network of panahgahs amid the new wave of inflation besides disbursing Rs200 billion relief fund under the Ehsaas program.

Hammad Azhar said that the government is going to issue health cards to all families of Punjab. He predicted that inflation will go down in 2022 and the production of wheat and flour crops will be historical.