Punjab Food Minister Bilal Yasin has said all administrative machinery is active for checking price and weight of roti and naan across the province on special instructions of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif. He was presiding over a meeting at the commissioner’s office here on Friday. Commissioner Silwat Saeed, Deputy Commissioner Abdullah Nayyar Sheikh and other officers were present.
The minister said that measures were being taken on a daily basis to monitor the new rates of roti and naan, which had been fixed after consultation with relevant stakeholders including Anjuman-e-Tajran, Tandoor Hotels Associations and flour mills, etc. The government is not in favour to enforcing its decisions on any section forcefully, he said. The minister appreciated the initiatives of the divisional and district administrations taken for ensuring new price of roti and naan as well as weight and said it had been observed that new price was being implemented by 80 per cent tandoors and hotels in the division. He also met other stakeholders including traders and flour mills association and welcomed their ongoing cooperation. —Staff Reporter
