The Punjab cabinet has also brought illegal wheat storage within the ambit of recently-promulgated Anti-Hoarding Ordinance which prescribes severe punishments for storing basic commodities.
The Punjab food department has recovered huge quantity of wheat from six districts Dera Ghazi Khan, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakpattan, Bahawalnagar, Mandi Bahauddin and Lahore and the warehouses were also sealed. Punjab Food Minister Abdul Aleem Khan said this while talking to media here on Friday.
He said strict action was being taken against the hoarders of wheat across Punjab and raids were being carried out in every district in collaboration with the local administration and intelligence agencies.
Aleem Khan said the campaign against hoarding of wheat would continue and no recommendation and political pressure would be taken into account.Aleem Khan said wheat procurement campaign in the province is going on successfully and they will not only achieve the target well before time but also buy more wheat in order to combat any type of situation and meet the requirement of our other provinces.
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