Mills raided, owners fined for selling flour at higher rates.

MIRPURKHAS -- Led by Assistant Commissioner (AC) Ghulam Hussain Kanio, police here on Sunday carried out raids on different flour mills and imposed fines of thousands of rupees on their owners for selling the commodity at rates higher than that of the official rate.

AC Ghulam Hussain Kanio raided different flour mills and shops in order to ensure the commodity was sold at the rates notified by the government.

Panic spread among the flour mills' owners and shopkeepers the moment they learnt about the raids.

On the other hand, mill owners and shopkeepers have increased the flour rate to Rs68 per kilogramme from Rs65 per kilogramme.

Meanwhile, office-bearers of the Flour Mills Association Liaqat Qureshi, Abdul Rasheed and Rafi Malak have strongly condemned the raids and imposition of fines by the assistant commissioner.

They have blamed the food department for failing to give them wheat bags at subsidized rates according to their...

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