Flour millers observe strike in Punjab; secretary food claims smooth supply
LAHORE (MNP) – Flour millers in Punjab on Monday continued their strike in protest against raids of the Punjab food department for checking subsidised flour and wheat quota dispute.
However, Punjab Secretary Food Zaman Wattoo claimed uninterrupted wheat supply to the flour mills and availability of flour in the markets.
It is learnt that nearly 1,100 flour mills have refused to receive official wheat quota. The closure of mills has come in the wake of raids being conducted by the food officials to check if the mills are grinding official wheat. The raids were also conducted to counter smuggling of wheat and flour.
