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Summary
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court demanding that the sugar prices be fixed at Rs 32/kg across the country. The petition maintains that sugar was being sold at Rs 32/kg till February but the few elements collectively manipulated the situation resulting in the sugar crisis. Filed by Shafqat Chohan advocate, the petition said that sugar cost was below Rs 32/kg and the record presented by the sugar mills was bogus. The record of sugar orders submitted in the court is also fake, the petition added. The petition requested the court to review the order book of the mill association, adding that petition be heard before September 16. Earlier, Pakistan Sugar Mills Association challenged the Lahore High Court (LHC) decision of reducing the sugar prices in the Supreme Court (SC). The association maintained that LHC had gone beyond its jurisdictions to fix sugar prices at Rs 40/kg. On the other hand the supply of sugar has been reduced to the market causing problems for the people who are forced to buy sugar at inflated rates. All sugar mills in Punjab have stopped functioning because they refused to bear huge losses in the business. The negotiations between the sugar mill owners and the Punjab Government also failed and the people couldnt get sugar at Rs 40 per kg as per the court orders.
