The Sindh Government has decided to export the surplus wheat and also asked federal government to extend its support from the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) in this regard.
Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah formed a three-member committee consisting of provincial minister for finance Syed Murad Ali Shah, Sindh Minister for Health Jam Mehtab Dahar and Sindh Minister for Excise and Taxation Gianchand Esrani to work out and prepare an export mechanism within a few days.
Addressing the meeting, Shah directed the food department authorities to float the tender wheat import within 3 days. He directed the officers strictly to stop the wheat movement from other provinces to Sindh and take strict action against wheat hoarding and sale of sub-standard wheat in the market.
The CM was of the view that since the federal government had allowed for importing the wheat without consultation with the Sindh Government, it should share the losses and extend its support for exporting the surplus grain of the province.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 12th, 2014.
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