MANSEHRA/LAKKI MARWAT: The food department has increased wheat quota for flour mills across Hazara division to ensure subsidised flour supply to people.
“We have increased the mills’ daily quota from 226 to 283 metric tonnes to provide wheat flour to people at subsidised prices throughout the division. We are conducting surprise visits to ensure that millers comply with standard operating procedures (SOPs) and provide quality flour to buyers,” divisional deputy director food Syed Ansar Qayyum told reporters on Wednesday.
The government, he said, was striving to provide maximum relief to people through subsidised wheat flour while maintaining the quality and quantity of the commodity across Hazara.
“District food controllers carried out surprise inspections in Mansehra and Abbottabad, fining two flour mills and suspending the wheat quota of another for three days over violations of SOPs,” Mr Qayyum said.
Karak to get 37 metric tonnes of wheat daily
The official said a total of 9,905 bags, each weighing 20kg, were being sold to people throughout the division at the subsidised price of Rs2,520 per bag.
He said food controllers checked the overall record, wheat stocks, flour moisture content and SOPs’ compliance during their visits.
Meanwhile, the provincial government has approved the provision of 37 metric tonnes of wheat to Karak district daily, district food controller Aman Khan said on Wednesday.
Talking to Dawn, he said the flour mills would provide 1,290 bags of 20kg of best quality flour daily to the designated dealers at the union and village council levels.
“There is no shortage of commodity in any part of the district,” he said, adding that the ex-mill price of a 20kg flour bag had been fixed at Rs2,500, while consumers will get a flour bag at the officially fixed rate of Rs2,520.
The official said that the food department had issued instructions to the owners of flour mills and dealers to ensure strict adherence to official prices and facilitate citizens in getting the commodity without trouble.
He asked people to lodge their genuine complaints, if any, through Pakistan Citizen Portal and the provincial government’s complaint apps. He warned that his department would not tolerate irregularities by millers and dealers in the provision of subsidised flour to people.
Meanwhile, the district food controller, along with the assistant director of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority, collected flour samples from all the flour mills in Karak as part of the provincial government’s vision to provide the people with quality flour at subsidised rates.
Mr Khan said that the samples had been dispatched to the laboratory for examination. He said the food department would initiate action against millers on the basis of laboratory results.
Published in Dawn, August 13th, 2026
