LAHORE (The Thursday Times) — Sugar mills maalikan ne hukoomat se 4 lakh ton izafi cheeni fauri bar-amad karne ki ijazat dene aur sanat ko deregulate karne ka mutalba kiya hai, aur khabardar kiya hai ke jab tak zakhair itne zyada hain woh ganne ki nayi fasal ki crushing shuru nahin kar sakte.
Yeh mutalbat Pakistan Sugar Mills Association ki general body ke ijlas mein samne aaye, jo Budh ko Lahore, Karachi, aur Islamabad mein bayak waqt hua aur jis mein Punjab, Sindh, aur Khyber Pakhtunkhwa se mills maalikan ne shirkat ki.
Association ke mutabiq hukoomat ki janib se 2 lakh ton bar-amad ki manzoori ke baad bhi mulk mein taqriban 11 lakh ton izafi cheeni mojood hai, aur tay shuda quota ki bar-amad ki ijazat ab tak nahin mili.
Crushing season mein takheer
Arkaan ne kaha ke mojooda zakhair ke pesh-e-nazar 2026-27 ka crushing season December se pehle shuru karna mumkin nahin hoga. Ganne ke kashtkar apni fasal bechne ke liye millon ke bar-waqt khulne par inhisar karte hain, aur takheer se usi zameen par gandum ki buwai bhi mutasir ho sakti hai.
Ijlas ne association ki executive committee ko yeh mutalbat “munasib satah par” hukoomat ke samne rakhne ka mukammal ikhtiyar diya. Us ne kaha ke deregulation policy ab naguzeer hai kyunke 2026-27 ke season ke ikhtitam tak ek aur bari izafi paidawar mutawaqqa hai, aur bar-waqt iqdam na hone par zakhair barhte rehne aur maali dabao ka intibah diya.
Association ke mutabiq mills maalikan 16 November ko ek press conference mein apne aainda laaiha-e-amal ka elaan karenge. Hukoomat ki janib se fauri taur par koi radd-e-amal samne nahin aaya.
