Friday, September 11, 2009
LAHORE - The Punjab government has ample sugar stock but it is, on the one hand, farmers, millers, stockists, dealers and shopkeepers who are hell bent on fleecing money while on the other, panic buying among consumers putting a damper on efforts to stabilise sugar price and streamline the supplies. These were the views of members of inspection teams deployed to raid Sasta Ramazan Bazaars in the City on Wednesday.
Tehsildar Assad Butt while in surprise raid in Shalamar Sasta Ramazan Bazaar found many people carrying more than allotted quota of sugar. He himself has taken back sugar bags of one kilo from many consumers who were found possessing with more than allotted sugar. He said after the fresh instructions of Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif, only one kilo sugar is being sold to all individuals after punching their respective newly Identity Cards but people use to come out with all their family members to purchase sugar. He said earlier, chemical ink was used on sugar purchaser s thumb but few minutes after they came back after removing the ink. Now government has given us instruction to punch cards, he added.
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