Uniform flour price should be ensured across country: PM Imran

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered concerned officials to ensure uniform prices of wheat and flour across the country.

While chairing a meeting about the availability of flour and sugar and their prices in the country, PM Khan ordered all the chief secretaries of the provinces to adopt a joint strategy with mutual consultations to ensure uniform prices of the commodities across the country.

He also instructed to accelerated crackdown against the elements involved in hoarding and to ensure the provision of flour and sugar at reasonable rates across the country.

The process of importing wheat at the official level, besides by the private sector, should be accelerated to ensure profuse availability of wheat in the market, the premier added.

He said it should be ensured that the crushing process by sugar mills is started at the appropriate time, and no delay is committed in this regard. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Imran Khan has also ordered a crackdown against sugar mafia for sugar scam in the country.

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar in this regard has written a letter to the provincial governments, the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP), and the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on the directive of Prime Minister Imran Khan.

In a letter, the government has directed the provincial governments, CCP, and SBP to investigate violations by sugar mills in accordance with their rules.

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) have been assigned responsibility to hold an inquiry on sugar scam, the letter stated.