Turning up the (w)heat: PFA chairman sends 15 bags of flour to PML-N's Uzma Bukhari.

LAHORE -- In an astounding turn of events on Wednesday morning, Punjab Food Authority (PFA) Chairman Umar Tanveer sent a truck full of aata (wheat flour) bags to PML-N leader Uzma Bukhari's house in Model Town, Lahore.

According to Bukhari - who spoke to Hum News on the matter - fifteen of the bags were piled outside her house.

"This was an attempt to mock me. They made footage of aata bags being piled outside my house. They were adamant that the truck would remain parked there too, I had to force them to leave," Bukhari said. According to PFA members, Bukhari did take one bag of flour from the truck and paid Rs790 for it.

Speaking to media, Tanveer said that Bukhari had repeatedly said on TV [last night] that she could not find aata at any of her local stores.

"We sent her 15 bags of aata to her as a goodwill gesture," Tanveer said while adding that the act was not meant to insult her.

"We even sent a truck full of aata to her place so that all of the "citizens" [of her area] she kept referring to could also have access to the flour," Tanveer said.

"She challenged me, and according to her wishes, we sent her bags of flour," the PFA representative said, while admitting that he did not have the authority to move wheat flour like that.

The Punjab government is yet to take notice of the issue.

Earlier on Monday, members of the Senate lambasted the government for the wheat...