LARKANA, April 28: The Sindh Balochistan Rice Millers and Traders Association has expressed concern over a sudden drop in the purchase rate of IRRI-6 rice and demanded a committee to keep watch on the price fluctuation.

A leader of the association, Ramesh Lal, in a press statement issued here on Wednesday, blamed rice exporters for the price drop and said the sufferers were the millers.

TRAIN: The Larkana Chamber of Commerce and Industry has demanded a fast train service from Jacobabad to Karachi via Larkana. LCCI president Iqbal Hussain Shaikh told this correspondent that on a request, President Gen Parvez Musharraf had directed the Pakistan Railways to launch the train service. However, he deplored, the directive had not been implemented yet.