Lahore (Pakistan Khabar) — Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has expressed strong anger over rising flour prices, called an emergency meeting and ordered that affordable flour and wheat be provided to the public under all circumstances.
During the meeting, it was decided to increase the quota of subsidised government wheat supplied to flour mills at Rs3,800 per maund. It was also agreed to provide a subsidy of Rs10 billion to ensure the availability of affordable flour. Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif approved the subsidy.
During the meeting, concerns were expressed over the trend of artificial increases in flour and wheat prices in the market. The chief minister directed the relevant authorities to ensure the provision of affordable flour to the public under all circumstances and to utilise all available resources for this purpose.
Maryam Nawaz Sharif said that the burden of inflation on the people of Punjab was extremely distressing and that the government would use all available resources to provide them with affordable flour.
The chief minister made it clear that the provision of affordable flour and low-cost bread to the public would continue, and that no negligence would be tolerated in this regard.