Wheat, flour shortage in Punjab was pre-planned: Minister
LAHORE, Jan 21 (APP): Provincial Food Minister Samiullah Chaudhry said on Tuesday that wheat and flour shortage was created in Punjab under a pre-planning and the planners were those, who did not want to see Imran Khan as Prime Minister and Usman Buzdar as Chief Minister Punjab. Addressing a news conference here at DGPR Office, he said that such elements would face sheer disappointment as neither Prime Minister nor Chief Minister Punjab would change because of their baseless propaganda and nefarious designs. Provincial Information Minister Fayyaz-ul-Hassan Chohan and Provincial Industries & Trade Minister Mian Aslam Iqbal were also accompanied by him. He said that today, there was no wheat, flour crisis in the province and it was being sold at the price fixed by the government i.e. Rs 720 per 20 kg bag. He explained that today, Punjab had 2.3 million metric ton wheat reserves, and 482 sale points and 207 truck stations had been provided to supply flour to the people where 20kg flour bag was available at Rs 790. Samiullah Chaudhry said that during the last ten years, the PTI government was the one which ensured timely and complete payment to cultivators for their produce, while gunny bags … Continue reading Wheat, flour shortage in Punjab was pre-planned: Minister
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