ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered strict action against wheat hoarders to prevent illegal profiteering and artificial crisis.
According to the details, the prime minister presided over the meeting yesterday regarding the flour and hoarding shortage, during which satisfaction was expressed over the current wheat stocks.
Speaking during a high-level meeting on flour shortage and hoarding, the prime minister said that Pakistan has abundant wheat reserves, and no one will be allowed to take unfair advantage of the artificial shortage of wheat, he maintained.
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PM Shehbaz Sharif directed that the provinces ensure timely delivery of wheat from their own and Pascoag Reservoir to various flour mills and improve the delivery governance. The government is taking steps to reduce the price of wheat and flour, he said.
Describing the government’s performance as satisfactory, he said that a 40 kg bag became cheaper by more or less 1000 rupees due to the government’s measures. “The concerned authorities should take strict action against the hoarders of flour and wheat. Profiteers will surely be punished,” the prime minister said.
