KARACHI: (HRNW) Unloading of imported sugar consignment underway which docked at Port Qasim Karachi yesterday carrying over 25000 Tonnes of sugar brought in from Algeria.
Punjab Cane Commissioner Zaman Wattoo, noting the development, said the import will help overcome the crisis-like situation emerged in Punjab where the commodity stocks seemed to be exhausting until recently hiking the price of the essential commodity.
With the unloading having begun now, the consignment, meant for Punjab, will have been dispatched to the destination within next four days, Cane Commissioner said.
He said a total of 151,700 metric tonnes of sugar is expected to reach Pakistan in four to five episodes and those next consignments will be importing the commodity from other countries.
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