TLTP
ISLAMABAD
Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has refused to supply sugar to Utility Store Corporation (USC) outlets at the government recommended rate of Rs63, saying that the recommendation “has no legal standing.”
The Ministry of Industries and Production on Saturday wrote a letter to PSMA in the pursuance of an Islamabad High Court (IHC) order.
An official of the ministry said that PSMA should provide sugar at Rs63 per kilogram to utility stores, so it could sell the commodity at Rs70 per kg to the consumer, as directed by the IHC.
In a letter written in response to the ministry on Sunday, the PSMA said it agrees to supply sugar at Rs70 per kg under the interim court order. “We are ready to give sugar at a rate of Rs70 per kg to non-commercial establishments for domestic use,” the association said, adding that about 60,000 tonnes of sugar will be delivered to markets.
It said that until under the court order, the federal government can make arrangements to procure the sugar at that rate. “Until the arrangements are finalised regarding sugar price, the sugar mills will supply sugar at Rs70 per kg for commercial use,” the association wrote in the letter.
