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Wheat movement ban criticized
PESHAWAR, April 24:
All Pakistan Flour Mills Association President
Malik Niaz Ahmad has termed the ban imposed by the
Punjab government on inter-provincial
transportation of wheat unconstitutional and
demanded that it should be revoked.
In a press statement issued here, he said the
decision would have a negative impact on the flour
mills in other provinces. He said the decision was
in violation to Article 151 of the Constitution,
under which inter-provincial trade could not be
banned.
He said wheat was a national crop which could not
be confined to a province. Malik Niaz said the
decision of Punjab's chief minister had created
concern among the smaller provinces.
He said it would result in increase in flour
prices in the three provinces and affect the flour
industry there. He asked President Gen Pervez
Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zaffarullah Khan
Jamali to force Punjab's chief minister not to
takesuch unconstitutional decisions.
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