Mills refuse to sell sugar at Rs80 per kg Top Story April 4, 2021 LAHORE: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) Punjab Zone Saturday refused to provide sugar for Rs80 per kilogram for the open market. PSMA Punjab leadership including Javed Kayani, Chaudhry Waheed, Ali Saleem and others, told press conference in Lahore that the government should abolish 17 per cent sales tax levied on the sugar sale if it wanted to fix Rs80/kg ex-mill rate of the commodity. They said if the government wanted to fix that rate, it should take the responsibility of paying salaries to the mills staff as well as all other financial liabilities. They said the mills could not afford providing sugar for Rs80/kg, and the government might import it at this rate if it could not increase rate for the local mills’ produce.