Matiari, (Muhammad Iftikhar Memon): 470 centers have been established by the food department to meet the official target of buying 14 lakh metric tons of wheat in Sindh, 9 committees have been formed for wheat smuggling, there is a ban on buying and selling wheat by traders in the general market for 90 days. Dozens of officials and employees of the food department involved in corruption have been dismissed and show cause notices have been issued to 71 people: Syed Imdad Shah Director General Sindh Food media Talk.
Director General of Food Department Syed Imdad Shah while talking to the media near Newsaeedabad said that 470 centers have been established to meet the official target of buying 14 lakh metric tons of wheat in Sindh, in which any kind of wheat smuggling will not be accepted. 9 check posts have been established in Sukkur, Jacobabad, Qambar, etc. He said the government of Sindh has increased the rate of wheat from 22 hundred rupees to 4 thousand rupees last year to compensate the farmers for the losses caused by the recent rains. For 90 days from March, traders are banned from buying and selling wheat in the general market.He said that last year, 13 officers of the food department involved in corruption were dismissed and their cases were handed over to the anti-corruption department and NAB. It was said that if any officer or employee is found in corruption even then, they will be dealt with with iron hands. Later, wheat flour mills are buying from the open market, Inshallah, when the whole wheat comes after harvesting, the prices of flour will be controlled, Inshallah.