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PM directs crackdown against sugar hoarding, smuggling

The Prime Minister directed the Interior Minister and the provincial governments to prevent the smuggling of sugar.

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PM directs crackdown against sugar hoarding, smuggling
PM directs crackdown against sugar hoarding, smuggling

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the federal authorities and provincial governments to stop the smuggling of sugar.

A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in which the request for export of sugar in excess of the country's requirement was reviewed, while the data provided by the Sugar Mills Association was also reviewed.

The Prime Minister directed a re-examination of the differences between the two proposals and ordered that the data be reviewed to keep sugar prices stable.

On this occasion, the Prime Minister directed the Interior Minister and the provincial governments to prevent the smuggling of sugar.

He also directed a crackdown on hoarding of sugar and that the demand and supply of sugar should be evaluated and a report submitted again in a week.

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