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Punjab Commissioner Amjad Haider has conducted an examination of the ex-mill prices of sugar at various sugar mills across the province. According to a statement, the retail price of sugar in Punjab markets ranges from Rs 147 to Rs 166 per kilogram. The ex-mill price of sugar in the Bahawalpur Division and Rahim Yar Khan sugar mills is between Rs 147 to Rs 148 per kilogram. In Dera Ghazi Khan, the ex-mill price of sugar at sugar mills ranges from Rs 150 to Rs 160 per kilogram, according to Haider.
In Multan Division, the ex-mill price of sugar at sugar mills is between Rs 150 to Rs 155 per kilogram, while in Faisalabad, the ex-mill price is between Rs 152 to Rs 155 per kilogram. Haider stated that the ex-mill price of sugar in Gujranwala Division is between Rs 160 to Rs 164 per kilogram, while in Lahore, the ex-mill price ranges from Rs 150 to Rs 160 per kilogram.
The Commissioner added that the ex-mill price of sugar in Rawalpindi is between Rs 158 to Rs 165 per kilogram. Following this increase, the price of gold in the country has been adjusted to Rs 4,56,162 per tola, according to the All Pakistan Sarfaesi and Jewellery Association.
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