Sugar Mills Association refuses to lower prices, demands govt to buy at Rs70 per kg

[Morpheus]

Sugar Mills Association refuses to lower prices, demands govt to buy at Rs70 per kg
Web Desk On Jun 14, 2020

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Sugar Mills Association on Sunday wrote a letter to the Ministry of Industry and Production asking them to buy sugar at Rs70 per kilogram and stop demanding a further decrease in price, ARY News reported.

The letter states that the sugar mills will provide 60,000 tonnes of sugar at Rs70 per kg, the letter deems demands from Utility Stores and the ministry to provide it at Rs63 per kg as unfathomable.

Read More: IHC restrains govt from taking action on sugar inquiry commission report

Sugar mills association goes on to claim that the demand from the ministry and utility stores hold no lawful basis and hence they were not bound to abide by it.

The association directed the federal government to cease and desist from asking to lower the prices of sugar further and prepare a mechanism to buy it from mill owners at Rs70 per kg.

It is pertinent to mention here that the Islamabad High Court (IHC) will hear a petition filed sugarcane farmers with regard to the inquiry commission report on sugar crisis on Monday (tomorrow).

Read More: IHC to hear farmers plea on sugar inquiry commission report tomorrow

Chief Justice Athar Minallah will preside over the hearing of the farmers’ petition over the sugar crisis inquiry report.

It is to be mentioned here that sugarcane farmers had submitted a miscellaneous plea regarding the sugar crisis report and requested the court to hear the stance of farmers and the affected people of the sugar mafia.

https://arynews.tv/en/sugar-mills-association-refuses-to-lower-prices/

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[BATMAN]

If we believe the Sugar association that govt. is acting illegally and God forbid, if as consequence of illegal actions, this industry shuts down, than technically we can say govt's. illegal ways lead to closure of last functioning industry.

 

[Enigma SIG]

People consume too much sugar. Our household (6 pax) barely does 2 kilos a month.

 

[BATMAN]

People consume too much sugar. Our household (6 pax) barely does 2 kilos a month.

you smell like minister /advisor of govt.?

 

[IceCold]

They know the whore courts along with their cheap justice are behind them.

 

[Pakistani Fighter]

Sugar price is high because sugarcanes price was much higher this year than previous years

So PTI is wrong here?

 

[Pakistani Fighter]

How is PTI wrong? High sugarcane price benefited farmers and also resulted in increase in sugar price

Now answer

https://twitter.com/x/status/1271673075906621441

 

[Pakistani Fighter]

Why would I answer you? I was telling why is sugar price. Agar gana mehnga lain ga to cheeni bhi to mehngi bechni ha na

A/C to PTI Rs70 is high price. Iska matlab Sugar ka business wale chor hain

 

[Pakistani Fighter]

In this sugarcane season sugar Mills bought gana at higher price than previous years. Agar higher price sa lainga to Mills walon ko Kam profit milay ga na. To phir chor kaisay hogaye? Last year 40 kg sugarcane ki price 150 thi is saal 250 sa opar thi

Right. But apki PTI ko kon samjhaye

 

[Yaseen1]

govt should threat them with more taxes if they continue to charge undue high prices

 

[Morpheus]

A/C to PTI Rs70 is high price. Iska matlab Sugar ka business wale chor hain

Price is set at 70 rupee, because IHC set the price at 70.

https://www.brecorder.com/news/1003377/ihc-directs-sugar-to-be-sold-at-rs70kg-for-next-10-days


This high price is because of IHC

 

[Pakistani Fighter]

PTI ka mujhay nhi pta main apni opinion da rha keh yeh waja hogi high price ki

Ok. BTW de rahi*

 

[BRAVO_]

in our country everybody try to grab everthing in range according to their reach no meter he is a bagger sitting at a foot path grabing public path ...to... a minister sitting in islamabad ... it is just a metter of reach ... we need a new system as the current syatem has collapsed already