LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday, while hearing a petition on the sugar crisis, summoned a report from the Punjab Food Ministry about the supply and available stock of the commodity.
Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Mamoon Rashid Sheikh heard a petition filed by Advocate Azhar Siddique.
In his plea, the petitioner claimed that the price of sugar was on the verge of soaring to Rs90 per kilogramme.
“An artificial crisis is being cooked up to create a shortage of sugar and jack up the price,” the petition said.
“If the export of sugar is not stopped, it will become out of the access of common man,” the petition said while pleading for imposing a ban on sugar export.
The retail price of sugar in Lahore has surged to Rs85 per kilogramme and 50kg sack is being sold at a wholesale price of Rs4,000. The official rate of Rs70 per kilogramme is not being followed anywhere, reports emerging on Tuesday said.
Sugar prices have also increased in Karachi, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi and other cities of Punjab.
