Sugar mills in Sindh will start crushing from October 20. This was announced by Pakistan Sugar Mills Association at a meeting on Saturday here at the Chief Minister House which discussed the issue in detail.
Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim presided over the meeting which was attended among others by State Minister Muhammad Ali Malkani, Sindh Agriculture Minister Arif Mustafa Jatoi, Agriculture Secretary Sabhago Khan Jatoi, Cane Commissioner, Sindh, Nazar Muhammad Baloch, Pakistan Sugar Mills Association Chairman Zaka Ashraf, members of sugar mills association, President of Sindh Agriculture Chamber Qamar-uz-Zaman Shah and Sindh Abadgar Board President Abdul Majeed Nizamani.
The meeting also decided to take up with the federal government the issue of cane and sugar prices.
The chief minister said that he would soon meet Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to settle this issue to the satisfaction of all stakeholders.
Sindh Cane Commissioner informed the meeting that Khairpur Sugar Mills, Sindh Abadgar Sugar Mills, Ansari Sugar Mills along with some other sugar mills would begin their operations by October 20, while Najma Sugar Mills has already started functioning.
The chief minister promised to give incentives to those mills which start crushing by October 20.
Representatives of the Sugar Mills Association thanked the chief minister for extending his co-operation and support to them and hoped that he would soon resolve the problems of growers and sugar mills in the best interest of the province.
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