Chief Justice Lahore High Court (LHC) Khawaja Muhammad Sharif has taken suo motu notice against sugar crisis in the province. Chief Justice Khawaja Sharif formed a division bench to proceed on the matter and issued notices to Attorney General of Pakistan and Advocate General Punjab to appear before the court and apprise it of the actual state of affairs.
The bench will be comprised Chief Justice and Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry. Hearing will be commenced on August 19. Chief Justice took notice on a news item appeared in a daily on Thursday stating that billion of rupees have been earned by the market players due to escalation in sugar price with the active connivance of political dignities whereby the price of the sugar has gone up to Rs 52 per kilogram and is likely to further shoot up to the tune of Rs 60 per kilogram in the coming holy month of Ramazan.
Taking suo motu the CJ observed: "I would like to know how many sugar mills are running, what is their annual production, approximate consumption of sugar in country, what measures the provincial and central governments have already adopted or suggested to meet the deficiency, if any, as well as to keep the price in control to make its purchase within the reach of the poor consumers specially in the coming holy month of Ramazan.