Like her uncle and now Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz made a surprise visit to a market in Lahore on Tuesday where she had a brief interaction with women buying groceries on the first fast of Ramazan.

She, along with her team, visited different stalls and markets at the Johar Town Bazaar in the city. She checked the rate list, a government-determined rate list of basic commodities, at shops.

Maryam, who is the country’s first female chief minister, also asked the shopkeepers about the rates.

Some of the women at the bazaar complained about high rates of fruits and vegetables, prompting her to compare the rate of the items with the list.

When she asked one of the women what she was cooking, the lady said: “This is the most difficult question in Ramazan.”

An elderly person told the chief minister that the people were supporting her because “only a woman can understand the problems of common people.” To this, she replied: “I am here to help the poor.”

He complained about the high rates of fruits that he bought for making a fruit chat—a famous item in iftaar during Ramazan.

A large number of supporters of PML-N had gathered at the market and chanted slogans in favour of the party when they got to know that Maryam was coming.