‘Proper wheat quota provided to owners’

DC directs price control magistrates to take strict action over profiteering


APP January 14, 2020
PHOTO: FILE

KHANEWAL: Deputy Commissioner Agha Zaheer Abbas Sherazi said on Monday that there was no shortage of flour in the district as proper quota was being provided to flour mills.

During a meeting with flour mills association and flour dealers, the DC said that as per the directives of Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, the wheat quota policy was being pursued in the district.

He directed the flour mill owners to continue the sale of flour in the market. He said that special sale points had also been set up in the district where 20kg flour was available at Rs 805. He urged the price control magistrates to check the quality, quantity, and price of flour at shops and directed them to take strict action over profiteering and artificial shortage in the market. He directed the district food controller to sell flour via mobile van in order to ensure the provision of flour to citizens.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 14th, 2020.

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