KARACHI: Sindh Information and Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said that there is no shortage of wheat in the country, and the Chief Minister Sindh has directed strict crackdown against hoarders. Flour in Sindh is cheaper than other provinces. Shah said this while addressing a press conference flanked with legal adviser Murtaza Wahab at the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday.
The minister said that provincial government wants to ensure facilities for the people, and no one will be allowed to exploit them. "We have also provided wheat to other provinces at their request, but the wheat sent for the people of our country should not go abroad."
"The wheat crisis has been created in the past under a conspiracy. But this time we request the federal government to show seriousness." Nasir Shah said that Sindh government releases wheat to the flour mill owners in the month of September every year "but we are being pressured by the federation to release wheat ahead of time." he said.
We cannot make any decision against the interest of the people, we cannot starve the people for the benefit of the hoarders. Sindh province has always sacrificed for the people of the country with an open heart, but reports of wheat smuggling to Afghanistan are worrisome.
In the past, low quality wheat was imported from abroad, which is unbearable. The Sindh Information Minister appealed to the federation to take care of the needs of the people of the country while formulating the export policy.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020
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