CM orders crackdown against profiteers

Directs department concerned to inspect markets to monitor flour prices

LAHORE:

Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Sardar Usman Buzdar has ordered indiscriminate action against the elements involved in unjustified increase in the rate of flour across the province.

He expressed these views on call with Senior Minister Abdul Aleem Khan at his office on Tuesday and discussed the availability of wheat and flour in the province.

The CM directed the senior minister to take every step to stabilise the price of flour and said the staff concerned should also visit commercial areas to monitor the prices on-field.

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“All parties conference (APC) of the opposition was a flopped drama, as it had again proved that the opposition only wants to protect its personal interests,” he stated.

The opposition’s APC ended in fiasco and the opposition parties totally ignored the national interests, he added.

Talking on the occasion, he underscored that the opposition parties were, in fact, trying to obstruct national development in the country.

Meanwhile, Abdul Aleem Khan said that the food department was ensuring supply of flour and different steps were being taken to ensure its availability at the notified rates.

The food department officials were also monitoring the price of flour, he added.

“The negative politics of the opposition has been exposed through the APC and their credibility has also been eroded,” the senior minister added.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 23^rd, 2020.