HeadlinesBoard approves import of 500,000 metric tons of sugar
Decision comes months after allowing to export a similar quantity of sugar
Jun 23, 2025
Ghulam Abbas
The writer is a member of the staff at the Islamabad Bureau. He can be reached at [email protected]
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