Capital may run out of flour after Punjab food dept suspends wheat supply permits

PFMA says no written order or notification issued; Decision conveyed verbally; calls for immediate restoration of wheat permits for Islamabad-based mills ISLAMABAD: At a time when flour prices are already on the rise, around 45 flour mills in the federal capital are likely to run out of wheat after the Punjab Food Department reportedly suspended wheat supply permits, flour mill owners said on Tuesday. The Rawalpindi chapter of the Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) warned that the suspension of wheat supply permits could create an artificial flour shortage in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Murree and Kotli Sattian, encourage black marketing of wheat and increase chances of corruption. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the association claimed that the Punjab Food Department…

Source: Dawn – Latest News

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