Millers slam Sindh govt’s ‘dual standards’ in wheat supply |
KARACHI: Flour millers have criticised the Sindh government’s dual standard of providing a limited wheat quota to millers under the Wheat Food Policy FY25-26 while offering unlimited wheat to traders.
“It appears that the Sindh government’s subsidy for consumers is set to end up in the pockets of traders, as the provincial administration is supplying wheat at Rs8,000 per 100kg bag, while traders are selling the same to millers at Rs9,500,” said Abdul Junaid Aziz, Sindh zone chairman of the Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA), at a news conference at the Karachi Press Club on Wednesday, along with other office-bearers.
He added that it was unclear whether the subsidy of Rs1,500 per 100kg........