LAHORE/KARACHI - Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) has claimed that flour will be disappeared from the market within two days due to millers’ strike against the ban on Punjab wheat and flour by the Sindh Food Minister Nadir Magsi.
They said that about 1,060 flourmills in the county halted the grinding on Thursday in protest against the ban.
Addressing a press conference at Punjab Flour Mills Association’ office on Friday, PFMA chairman Iqbal Daud announced that about 1060 flourmills halted the grinding yesterday following the announcement of strike by PFMA on 8th July.
Talking on the occasion, Iqbal Daud said that federal government and provincial governments have so far given their deaf ear to millers’ requests of taking action against Sindh Food Minister and FC because the political agents were pocketing money on the entry of any wheat or flour loaded truck’s entry in Sindh.
He added that Balochsitan was also suffering due to the ongoing ban as it had to receive wheat through Sindh.
Responding to a question a miller said that they went on strike just against the political agents of Sindh and FC, saying Nadir Magsi and a Brigadier Sajjad of FC were collecting money.
Responding to another question Daud said that flour millers wanted the continuity of a chain through which the eaters of all the provinces are being provided with the flour.
Daud said that government should not impose the burden of turnover tax on the flour as it directly affects millers and eaters. At the end of the press conference, PFMA chairman Muhammad Iqbal Daud said that strike would remain continue till the end of the ban on Punjab wheat.
