Islamabad, Aug. 28 -- President of the All-Pakistan Traders Association (APTA) Ajmal Baloch stated that the sugar markets in Islamabad will remain indefinitely shut due to a shortage of supplies and disputes over prices, ARY News reported.

Ajmal Baloch criticised the government for failing to resolve the ongoing wholesale market shutdown, stating that the logic is not understandable, given that the price is being purchased at high rates and sold at a loss.

He demanded that authorities immediately release sugar stocks to retail and wholesale markets, cautioning that continued shortages would compel traders to shut down grocery stores and wholesale hubs nationwide.

Earlier this month, Baloch revealed that most sugar mills in Central Punj...