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Flour, sugar, price hike termed ‘drone strike’
Decision to increase the price of wheat, sugar and flour at utility stores is a strike on the people
KARACHI:
The Sindh government has likened the decision of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) to increase prices of essential food items at the state-run Utility Stores Corporation (USC) outlets to a drone attack on the people.
It said that the decision to increase the price of wheat, sugar and flour at utility stores is a strike on the people. The decision to increase the price of ghee by Rs90, sugar by Rs17 and 20kg flour by Rs150 at the public sector USC outlets should be withdrawn, said Sindh Agriculture Minister Ismail Rahu.
Report highlighting plight of agriculture workers in Sindh launched
July 17, 2021
Labour and rights activists on Friday demanded of the Sindh government to implement laws pertaining to the rights of agriculture workers, including Sindh Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 2015 and the Sindh Tenancy Act 1950.
Addressing the launch ceremony of ‘The State of Peasants’ Rights in Sindh 2020 report, prepared by the Hari Welfare Association (HWA), at the Karachi Press Club, the speakers expressed their concerns over the plight of agriculture workers, who were facing social and economic exclusion, expulsion from the agriculture fields where they worked and the non-payment of their dues by influential landlords.