ISLAMABAD - Finance Minister Ishaq Dar Sunday instructed thenewly-constituted committee on sugar to formulate recommendations for consideration at the appropriate forum to resolve problems being faced by the sugar producers.
The minister directed the committee to finalize its suggestions within three days in view of the difficulties faced by sugar millers. He said the government watched the interest of both the consumers and producers, and also attached due importance to the sugarcane growers. A balance had to be maintained while formulating any proposal for alleviating the problems of the sugar millers, the minister added.
He ordered constitution of the said committee after meeting a high level delegation of Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) in Lahore the previous day.
The committee comprises senior representatives of the Ministry of National Food Security, Ministry of Commerce, Federal Board of Revenue and PSMA. The committee under the instructions of minister is set to hold meetings from Monday.