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MIRPURKHAS, Nov 25: Flour made from wheat infested with insects is being sold by the flour mills of the town.
The government had announced a special Ramazan package to provide quality flour to the people on subsidized rates.
The wheat stored in the godowns of the food department had been infested with insects as a result of which it had gone bad.
However, the food department, instead of throwing the wheat away, was providing it to the Chakkies, which in turn were selling it to the public.
The president, Chakki Association, Mirpurkhas Taluka, Haji Noor Mohammad, and its joint secretary, Abdul Hameed, admitted that the food department was providing damaged wheat to the Chakki owners who were then selling it to the public after processing it into flour.
ILLEGAL CONFINEMENT: A truck driver, Parial Rind, has accused police of extorting money from him and keeping him in illegal confinement.
Talking to newsmen on Monday, he said that he was headed home on his truck, which was loaded with goods, when he was stopped by two police personnel including a constable, Nabi Bux Langhani, who tried to loot him on the Mirpurkhas-Umerkot road.
He said that he was locked up at the Satellite Town police station and his truck was impounded, and added that he was only released when he gave them Rs6,500 as bribe.
He demanded of senior police officials to take notice of the incident.
BOY INJURED: A 10-year-old boy, Farhan, was seriously injured when he fell down from the roof of his house while flying a kite at Thamsabad on Monday.
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED: The Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) celebrated the 74th birthday of Pir Pagara on Monday by cutting and eating a cake.
Zafar Leghari, Malik A. Din, Basheer Ahmed, Saeed Ahmed Hashmi, Mohammad Ramzan Khan, Abdul Lateef Sheikh, Faqeer Haji Wali Mohammad Mangrio, and Shadman Samejo paid rich tributes to Pir Pagara saying that he and his family had given “several sacrifices for Pakistan”.
