Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter has demanded equal rebate rate for wheat export and its products through seaport and land route. The demand was made during a meeting of executive body of the PFMA KP, which met with chairman, Haji Adan Khan in the chair at Darwasih Flour Mills, Azakhel Payan. Speaking in the meeting, they termed the offering of $159 rebate on direct wheat export as compare to 120 dollar rebate on wheat products is open enmity against the flour milling industry.
They demanded of the Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Federal Minister for Food Security to reject the summary of the Punjab Food Committee as the step will play havoc with the flour mills industry. They said not inclusion of flour products in the recent summary sent to National Food and Security by the Food Department of Punjab is equal to the exploitation of the flour milling industry, which will not be tolerated in any circumstances.
Besides, senior vice president, Sarhad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI), Mohammad Naeem Butt, senior vice chairman, Haji Musarrat Shah and executive members including Haji Yousaf Khan Afridi, Anis Ashraf, Merajuddin, Bashir Matta, Haji Tariq, Mohammad Sadiq, Haji Iqbal and Sartaj other senior members of the association also attended.
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