CM’s aide lauds decision not to export sugar

PESHAWAR: Adviser to Chief Minister on Finance Muzammil Aslam on Saturday lauded the decision of the provincial cabinet that it would allow the export of sugar from the sugar mills of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after the start of crushing season.

In a statement, he said that Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur’s decision to postpone the export of provincial sugar quota till the new crushing season was laudable.

He said it was a wise decision on part of Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur to postpone the export of sugar quota till the new crushing season.

He said the KP government would not be responsible if the price of sugar increased.

Muzammil Aslam said that the International Monetary Fund had launched false propaganda that it was striving to save the weaker segments of the society.

The adviser on finance said the investment had come down to a 50-year low due to heavy taxation.