Retailers say that they were having intermittent and limited wheat flour supplies for the last four weeks before Ramazan but the supplies totally dried up at the advent of the month of fasting. File
LAHORE: Sugar and wheat flour have gone missing from the shelves of the most of retail shops in the provincial metropolis as the government is focusing on maintaining supplies to its Sasta Ramazan bazaars.
Retailers say that they were having intermittent and limited wheat flour supplies for the last four weeks before Ramazan but the supplies totally dried up at the advent of the month of fasting.
Punjab starts seizing sugar from mills to sell at notified rate
Business
April 6, 2021
LAHORE: The Punjab government has started seizing stocks from mills to sell the sweetener in the market at notified rates, following manufacturers’ refusal to reduce sugar price, official sources confirmed on Monday.
“We confiscated 500 tons from Macca Sugar Mills on Monday in first ever raid on premises of manufacturers,” said a senior official of the provincial Food Department. The official said that despite clear instructions by the government, no stock of sugar was supplied by mills in the market. “Therefore, we are left with no option but to take action as per law.”
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