[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]KARACHI: On Friday, the Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) announced that its two-day strike was finished after reaching an agreement with the government. This prevented a potential flour crisis.
During a three-hour meeting with Provincial Food Minister Mukesh Kumar Chawla, which was attended by representatives of the PFMA Sindh Region, the Sindh government resolved to open the previously sealed flour mills around the province on Friday.
The association’s president reported that the food minister had given his word that the specified monthly quota of wheat would be delivered to the flour mills and that it would be okay to transport wheat from rural Sindh to Karachi. As soon as these conditions were met, the association declared a return to production and pledged to sell flour to the general public at a fair price.
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Earlier, Murad Ali Shah, the chief minister of Sindh, issued orders to seal at least six flour mills in an effort to crack down on millers who sell flour beyond the set retail price by the government.
On Thursday, PFMA Sindh Chairman Chaudhry Amir said that the mills had been closed under false pretence by the food department.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
