KARACHI: Punjab aur Sindh ke sugar millers ne shikayat ki hai ke Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) ka Track & Trace (T&T) portal band hone ki wajah se mills se sugar dispatches mutasir ho rahi hain, jisse supply shortage aur qeemton mein izafa ka khatra barh gaya hai.
Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) ne Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb aur National Food Security Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain ko ek khat mein bataya ke dono soobon ki mills ko portal ke bar bar band hone se masail ka samna hai.
PSMA ke spokesperson ke mutabiq, portal ka repeated shutdown — khaas tor par September aur guzishta haftay ke dauran — mills ko sugar lift karne se rok raha hai, jis se market supply disrupt ho rahi hai aur prices barh rahi hain. Unhon ne warning di ke agar ye na-jaiz restrictions jaari rahein, to shortfall aur zyada mehngai ka sabab ban sakta hai.
Millers ne ye bhi kaha ke FBR officials, jo mills par deployed hain (khaas tor par Southern Punjab aur Interior Sindh mein), mill gates par clearance deny kar ke dispatches block kar rahe hain. Association ke mutabiq, ye mamooli amal ban gaya hai, jo supply chain issues ko aur barha raha hai.
