Summary The mill owners will negotiate with Rana Sanaullah today at 2pm.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has handed over the task of negotiations with the ghee mill owners to PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah, Dunya News reported on Saturday.
According to sources, the mill owners will negotiate with Rana Sanaullah today at 2pm regarding the upcoming scarcity of oil and ghee in the province and implementation of price-cut as announced by the government.
Suspended supply has threatened a crisis of ghee in various cities of Punjab.
Ghee and oil disappeared fast from the shelves in Punjab as government’s decision to cut back the price of ghee by record 15 rupees per kilo has triggered a hoarding trend in the province.
However, the ghee mills owner are willing to reduce the price up to Rs5 per kilogram only.
In Multan, customers are struggling to find ghee and oil at an economic price. The factory owners, it is learned, have limited the production in their factories causing the apparent shortage.
According to district management, teams have been dispatched in the city of Multan to overcome the shortage problem. These teams will initiate legal action including fines to shopkeepers who indulge in unfair practices.
Owners of ghee producing factories have not accepted the decision to decrease the price wholeheartedly and their stance has manifested itself in shortage of ghee at whole sale markets.
According to sources, if government does not take factory owners in confidence, the market might face shortage of ghee in a similar fashion as petrol did a while ago.
