LAHORE, Oct 14: Of 900,000 flour bags to be sold at the subsidized rate of Rs190 each in the city, 375,000 will be distributed through 25 MPAs.

It was decided to allocate a quota of 15,000 flour bags to each MPA in the city district at a meeting held at the District Nazim Office here on Thursday with acting district Nazim Farooq Amjad Mir in chair. The flour would be offered for sale only at the places identified by the MPAs.

It was decided to arrange the sale of 125,000 flour bags at the Sunday Bazaars, 100,000 at the Ramazan Bazaars and 50,000 at 25 utility stores in the city. It was also decided to make arrangements for sale of flour at the Jinnah Hall on Saturday for the City District Government employees.

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