The Punjab government on Wednesday sent flour bags to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Punjab Information Secretary Uzma Bukhari’s home.
Punjab Food Authority (PFA) Chairman Umar Tanveer said the PML-N leader had requested to send flour to her house if there was no shortage. Uzma Bukhari said she had been sending her cook for three days to buy flour but could not get it at Rs 790 per 20 kilograms, Umar Tanveer remarked.
The PFA chairman said we have respected Uzma Bukhari’s wish and sent a truck of flour sacks to her house.
Let it be known that Punjab ministers had on Tuesday claimed that there was not any flour crisis in the province while addressing a press conference in Lahore.
Punjab Minister for Information and Culture, Fayyaz-ul-Hassan Chohan said that there was no shortage of wheat across the province, adding that due to negligence of Sindh government, people of Sindh province were facing shortage of wheat.
Punjab Minister for Industries and Trade Mian Aslam Iqbal said that the PML-N provided an additional Rs9 billion subsidies during its tenure, while the PTI government saved Rs7 billion.
Speaking on the occasion, Punjab Food Minister Samiullah Chaudhary said 482 sale points have been established across the province for the provision of flour to people.
He said that 20 kg flour bag was available in market at Rs 790. The provincial minister reiterated the government’s resolve to defeat hoarders and profiteers.
