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Incentive for identifying ‘illegal’ wheat stocking
announced
Vehari— Punjab Minister for food Malik Nadeem Kamran
Monday announced that ten per cent wheat will be given as ‘reward’
to those who identify illegal stocks of the golden grain.
“Government would discourage hoarding and profiteering of the
commodity so that common man does not face any difficulty in getting
wheat or flour at fixed price”, he said. while addressing a meeting
on Monday.
The minister warned that hoarders and stockists will be dealt with
an iron hand. He exhorted the food officials to achieve the wheat
procurement target so that the government could fulfil the needs of
other provinces as well.
Provincial Secretary Food Rao Iftikhar Ahmed, DCO Muhammad Khurram
Agha, MPA Sardar Khalid Salim Bhatti, MPA Ch Muhammad Hafeez, EDO
Revenue Hameedullah Khan and Deputy Food Controller Ch Hafeez Ahmed
attended the meeting.
The secretary food said that Vehari’s procurement target has been
enhanced from 1.6 million bags to 3.2 million bags. To date,35,000
ton wheat has been purchased. DPO Khanewal Muhammad Kamran Khan has
directed police officers to extend every possible cooperation to
masses, with a vision to win their hearts and restore public
confidence.
Police officers here at District govt complex committee room on
Monday. He urged the officers to discharge their duties honestly to
weed out crimes from the society.
DCO Khanewal Qazi Muhammad Ishfaq, EDOs, DOs were present in the
meeting.
A tractor drive was man was attacked and severly injured by nine
armed men and deprived of hundreds of kilograms wheat near wholesale
wheat market in Nowsheran Virkan.
Mohammed Yasin was driving a tractor trolley RNC 1299, loaded with
wheat belonging to Mohammed Asgher, when nine armed men seized the
consignment and caused severe injuries to him.
The injured man was admitted to a local hospital and his family
allegedly stated that police was reluctant to investigate and act as
some influentials of the area were involved.
In an unfortunate incident, a poor grower suffered a loss of about
Rs 40,000 when some unknown persons torched his wheat crop on 1.5
acres near village EB 121 in Arifwalalate Sunday. Mohammed Sabir,the
aggrieved farmer said some 35 to 40 maunds of wheat was lost in the
incident. —APP
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