The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday rejected the petitions filed by growers for the reopening of three relocated sugar mills namely Chaudhry Sugar Mills to Rahim Yar Khan, Haseeb Waqas Sugar Mills to Muzaffargarh and Ittefaq Sugar Mills to Bahawalpur. However, the top court had turned down their request and directed owners of five other sugar mills to buy the crop instead. The five sugar mills owners, including Tareen, had given undertaking that they would lift all the sugarcane from three districts at the price of Rs180 per 40kg. He observed that the banned sugar mills may be creating hurdles for the farmers, adding that they should compensate the farmers. “Either you are incompetent or partisan,” Justice Nisar told the Rahim Yar Khan district coordination officer (DCO).

Source: Pakistan Today February 19, 2018 12:33 UTC