ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the concerned officials to ensure the stability of prices of bread and wheat flour in the country so that these essential items are provided to people at affordable rates.
The prime minister issued the orders while chairing a meeting to review measures for reducing the prices of necessary commodities. The premier was briefed about the action taken against hoarders and adulteration.
PM khan also instructed all the provincial chief secretaries under the chairmanship of Minister for National Food Security Syed Fakhar Imam to evolve a coordinated strategy to ensure sufficient stock of wheat in every province as per its needs along with uniform prices of wheat and flour in all the federating units.
He directed that farmer and common citizen should be the axis of this strategy as elements involved in profiteering and hoarding in the past had deprived the farmer of his due profit in the past, while the common citizen was compelled to buy flour at higher rates.
The Prime Minister instructed to adopt a zero-tolerance policy against adulteration. He also ordered to take severe action against hoarders of sugar in light of the Joint Investigation Team’s report.
Briefing the meeting, Chief Secretary Punjab informed that 716 tons of flour and 16, 0008.5 tons of sugar worth over one billion rupees have been confiscated from big hoarders of sugar and dealers.
It was told that prices of sugar are less in Punjab as a result of effective steps taken by the administration in the province.
The Chief Secretary apprised the participants that the Punjab Government is going to release wheat worth 35 billion rupees, which will help end flour shortage as well slashing prices of the wheat and flour in a gradual manner.
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