KARACHI - Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani on Saturday said that there was no sugar mill of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in Sindh.

Responding to the statement of Finance Ministry’s spokesman Muzzammil Aslam, Saeed Ghani said that the federation had taken no step to deal with the crisis.

Earlier, Muzzammil Aslam said that increase in demand of sugar and delay in crushing of sugarcane caused hike in price of the commodity.

Muzzammil Aslam told the media that the government had sugar stock for 22 days, but the Sindh government was not asking the centre for cheap sugar; nor was it starting crushing of sugarcane.

He said that sugar price was a provincial matter, and therefore, the Punjab government raided several warehouses which were hoarding sugar which reduced price of the essential commodity. “But on the other hand, Sindh government did not take any such action and is just busy blaming the federal government for the hike,” he added.