Govt delays decisi­on for two weeks to assess impact on sugar prices­ISLAMABAD: After sugar exporters, jaggery (Gur) and organic brown sugar exporters have sought the lifting of ban on exports, which has been imposed in the wake of investigation into a sugar scam by an inquiry commission. The government has delayed decision on withdrawing the ban on Gur and organic brown sugar exports. The government gave three more weeks to May 16 to the inquiry commission for completing its probe. It increased sugar export quota from 1 million to 1.1 million tons. Umar told the inquiry commission that despite sugar export, there was no major increase in prices in the domestic market till April 2019.

Source: The Express Tribune May 15, 2020 05:03 UTC