QWP criticizes ban on transportation of wheat, flour to KP.

PESHAWAR -- Provincial Chairman Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao on Saturday termed unconstitutional the ban on the transportation of wheat flour to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Punjab.

According to a press release issued from the party's headquarters Watan Kor said that he was speaking at a meeting of party workers from PK-60 at Shabqadar tehsil in Charsadda district.

Addressing party workers here at Watan Kor Sikandar Hayat Sherpaos said that KP produces more gas and electricity than its consumption and the surplus energy is supplied to the rest of the country particularly Punjab to run its industries adding that if one province had the right to have control over its resources then KP should also be allowed to exercise its authority over its own resources.

Sikandar Sherpao said the move would trigger wheat flour crisis in the province at a time when the price of the commodity had already registered a sharp increase due to its short supply.

He added that the people were facing difficulty to buy...

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