Flour millers demand regular wheat quota

Price of flour increased by Rs400 per bag in the local market due to the closure of the regular wheat quota

PESHAWAR:

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Flour Mills Association while extending full support to free flour distribution among unprivileged people, has demanded a regular supply of wheat.

In a press statement issued here on Monday, the executive body of the PFMA held a meeting to discuss the latest situation of wheat quota.

Speaking on the occasion, the Chairman of the association Iqbal Ahmad Khan said the association fully supported the free flour distribution scheme launched by the government during the holy month of Ramazan.

However, he added, due to the closure of the regular quota of wheat for flour mills, the price of the commodity had been increased by Rs400 per bag in the local market.

The participants also mentioned that due to focusing on the provision of free flour among needy people, common people are suffering in obtaining the commodity in markets as a result of faulty government policy.

“Since K-P is producing only 20 to 25 per cent of wheat of its total demand it has created problems for ordinary people in obtaining the staple food,” the press release added.

It demanded of the government to ensure a regular supply of wheat to flour mills to overcome the shortage and pave way for the provision of the essential commodity to all the people.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 28^th, 2023.