Flour to be sold at Rs 20 per kg during Ramzan in Sindh

KARACHI: Sindh government will make special arrangements for the sale of flour at Rs 20 per kilogram under Ramzan Package.

This decision was taken at high level meeting presided over by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah at CM house here on Friday.

Food Minister Mir Nadir Magsi, Minister for Prices and Supplies Shoaib Bukhari, Minister Syed Sardar Ahmed and secretary Food, Finance, Local Governments and Home also attended the meeting.

The meeting decided that special stalls will be set up outside flour mills all over the province to sell 10 kg bags at concessional rates of Rs 200 per bag.

The meeting was told that Food Department will supply of 120,000 metric tons of wheat to flour mills in Karachi and 100,000 MT of wheat for flour mills in other parts of Sindh. Sindh government will pay a subsidy of Rs 2 billion for this purpose.

Addressing the meeting Chief Minister asked concerned departments to take steps against hoarding of wheat and other necessary food items. Sindh government will provide wheat to flour mills, he added.

The meeting was told that a package for the supply of sugar and oil and ghee at concessional rates will also be considered in next couple of days.

The meeting was told that flour was selling at Rs 28 per kg in the open market.