Flour Millers to Go on Strike Across Punjab

Flour mills throughout Punjab will suspend operations after the Pakistan Flour Mills Association unveiled a province wide strike in protest against what it described as anti industry policies, quota suspensions and alleged corruption by food department authorities.

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• PFMA remarked it would file a reference with the Anti Corruption Establishment against the District Food Controller over an alleged demand of Rs.
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• PFMA Chairman Riazullah Khan remarked the millers did not want to benefit from political instability and only sought to operate their businesses legally.
• Khan remarked the provincial administration had introduced an online portal allowing flour mills to generate permits according to their requirements for transporting wheat and flour.

In practice, the association remarked wheat and flour quota permits had been suspended and mills were being sealed and fined up to Rs. 5 million over what it described as minor problems. It additionally alleged that office-holders were demanding payments for issuing permits and truck lists applied for transporting wheat, flour and bran.

PFMA remarked it would file a reference with the Anti Corruption Establishment against the District Food Controller over an alleged demand of Rs. 150, 000 for each permit. The association additionally criticized the appointment of a Grade 15 employee as DFC and called on his replacement with a senior official appointed on merit.

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PFMA Chairman Riazullah Khan remarked the millers did not want to benefit from political instability and only sought to operate their businesses legally. He alleged that DFC Azhar Baloch had created what he described as a system of corruption and bribery in the issuance of transport permits.

Khan remarked the provincial administration had introduced an online portal allowing flour mills to generate permits according to their requirements for transporting wheat and flour. Nevertheless, he alleged that the authority had subsequently been transferred to the DFC in Rawalpindi Division. This person allegedly demanded Rs. 100, 000 to Rs. 150, 000 for each permit.

For context, the association additionally triggered concern over the transportation of bran. It is employed as animal feed. Khan remarked an agreement with the Director General Food had allowed mills to provide lists of trucks for transporting bran, but alleged that the DFC had discontinued the arrangement and was demanding Rs. 100, 000 to Rs. 150, 000 for the lists.

Khan further remarked the transportation of wheat and flour to other districts and provinces had been ceased and quotas abolished. According to the association, the restrictions could growth wheat and flour costs while making transportation more tough and expensive. Stay Connected with ProPakistani.

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Taken together, the developments around flour Millers to Go on Strike Across Punjab point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.