Lahore commissioner Khusro Pervez has directed special magistrates to arrest anyone carrying many flour bags in his vehicle and also those involved in stocking and selling the subsidized flour and sugar.
According to a press statement issued on Thursday, the commissioner said that the consumption of flour bags in Lahore was 70,000 but now it had been increased to 190,000 to ensure the provision of subsidized flour to people.
He ordered the magistrates to arrest all those selling sugar at rates higher than Rs. 47 per kg, sentencing the culprits to six-month imprisonment on the spot.
He also ordered the establishment of separate terminals for elderly people so that could get flour without standing in long queues.
Following the policy prescribed by the commissioner, the action committee, on the direction of DCO Sajjad Bhutta, apprehended a pick-up wagon with the registration number LXC 1514 which was carrying 100 subsidized flour bags. The action committee arrested the driver Abdul Waheed and his partner Shahzeb.
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