NOWSHERA: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Flour Dealers Association issued a very strong warning to both Punjab authorities and transporters, saying that they would stop the trucks carrying minerals from KP to Punjab as a retaliation for the cutting off of flour supplies from Punjab.
At a press conference held in Nowshera, the General Secretary of KP Flour Dealers Association Haji Akram Shah was surrounded by Haji Majidullah and Adalat Khan local dealers, and he stated that the association would not be patient with the pressure and that they would take direct action if the disruption of supply continues.
The representatives of the association were very vocal about their position, and Haji Akram Shah said, “The Punjab government has gone too far in its unfairness, cutting off flour supplies to the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”. He further said that the matter was not only about flour the supply of choker feed for the animals has also been limited making the situation worse for farmers and families.
The association has made a demand to the provincial government to allow the wheat stocks lying idle in the grain warehouses of KP to be used for flour milling to avoid waste and spoilage. They warned that the bakers and tandoors would soon run out of business and that the districts like Nowshera, Mardan, Charsadda, Swat and Kohat could face acute flour shortages within days.
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Haji Akram called the setting up of checkpoints all over Punjab and restricting the flour shipments as a conspiracy to divide the country and violating the 1973 Constitution. “If our demands are not met, we will opt for stopping minerals-bound trucks from Punjab,” he announced.
