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Thursday, January 27, 2011

PML-N rejects names for 'sugar price hike' judicial commission

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Thursday rejected the names proposed by the government for a judicial commission to investigate the sugar price hike.

The PML-N rejected the names proposed by the government and proposed the name of Justice (retired) Sardar Raza to head the commission.

The government and PML-N had decided to form the judicial commission on January 26. The commission is to be headed by a high court of Supreme Court judge.

Sugar prices across the country had gone up towards the end of 2010. Prices in the local markets were ranging from Rs95 to Rs120 per kilogramme.

The price of a 50 kilogramme bag of sugar, which was Rs 3,900 in the wholesale market in October 2010, had risen to Rs 5,250 an increase of Rs 1,350 per bag.



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