Summary About 500 people have become unemployed due to the ban on Sasti Roti scheme.
LAHORE (Dunya News) Lahore High Court has ordered the government of Punjab to reopen cheap bread plants till November 28.
Rawalpindi bench Justice Suhail Iqbal Bhatti conducted hearing of application moved by petitioner Rashid Ali against ban on Sasti Roti scheme.
The petitioner took the stance that the government of Punjab had launched this scheme but it banned it without any justification and stopped providing flour to these plants which had been installed in order to facilitate the poor.
The cost management has been estimated about Rs 0.6 million per unit run by six workers.
During hearing, the court put questions about ban on Sasti Roti scheme upon which Deputy Advocate General Punjab told the court that the government of Punjab has finalized preparation for reopening of these plants on priority basis.
At this, the court ordered the Deputy Advocate General to move progress report in the court till November 28 in this regard.
