QUETTA: The Quetta Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI) and Balochistan Flour Mills Association (BFMA) on Monday expressed concerned over the ban imposed on inter-district and inter-provincial movement of wheat since April 16.

In a joint meeting QCCI Senior Vice-President Badaruddin Kakar and BFMA Chairman Syed Saleh Agha said the ban was badly affecting flour millers and causing massive unemployment in the province.

BFMA executive members Muhammad Sharif Agha, Syed Zahoor Agha, Abdul Wahid Bareach were also present in the meeting.

The participants urged Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan and Chief Secretary Capt (retd) Fazeel Asghar to take notice of the worsening situation in the province and immediately ensure wheat supply to flour mills on a daily basis.

“Unfortunately, this is a deliberate attempt to shut down flour mills in the province which are already unable to get wheat. It is said that wheat is being smuggled,” Kakar said.

Published in Dawn, May 5th, 2020