President orders immediate establishment of federal food committee
While taking serious note of the non-availability and high price of wheat flour and the resultant hardships being faced by the general public, President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday directed the federal government to immediately establish a Federal Food Committee (FFC) under the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
The committee, to be headed by Lt. Gen. Farooq Ahmad Khan (retd), Chairman NDMA, will be responsible for ensuring market availability of food items including wheat flour and will coordinate with all the concerned federal, provincial governments’ and the private sector agencies who are involved in procurement, storage, transportation and distribution of such items.
The FFC, which would be given requisite support by law enforcement agencies, will constantly monitor demand-supply gap and prices to avert present like situation.
The committee will be equipped with adequate administrative powers, including confiscation of stocks and imposition of penalties, to check hoarding and smuggling of food items.
Chairman NDMA, Lt. Gen. Farooq Ahmad Khan (retd) also presented the annual report of NDMA for the year 2007 to the President.
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