‘Check posts set up in Punjab till KP to control inter-provincial smuggling of wheat ’

SARGODHA: Commissioner Dr Farah Masood Sunday said the administration and Food Department had made the check posts at all the routes leading to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to stop the inter-provincial smuggling of wheat.

She said there was a huge reserve of wheat in the godowns of Food Department. Moreover, 18,555 metric ton wheat was available in all the 32 flour mills located in the division. Presiding over a meeting, she directed the deputy commissioners to strictly monitor the check posts in a bid to control the wheat and flour prices. The meeting was also attended by Additional Commissioner Shahbaz Hussain Naqvi, ADCR Shoaib Ali, Deputy Director Food Arshad Wattoo, Assistant Commissioner General Ayesha Ghazanfar, Assistant Commissioner Revenue Shoaib and other officers concerned. Dr Farah Masood besides stressing on the need of checking the stock of mills administration and to strictly monitor their outlets asked to make sure the registration of available stock in mills godowns as well. She directed for taking action against the black marketers involved in artificial shortage of flour to provide relief to the people.

She also stressed on the need of activating the price control magistrates to control the prices of edibles. The commissioner directed to get rid of the commission mafia from Land Record Centres and to resolve the problems of people on priority discussed in open courts.