Syed Aman Shah, Provincial Convener of Balochistan for the Awaam Pakistan Party, has stated that the government’s manipulative handling of sugar imports and exports has inflicted billions of rupees in losses on the national exchequer and burdened the public with unbearable costs. The doubling of sugar prices is a direct result of the collusion of the powerful sugar mafia.

Syed Aman Shah said that when the government allowed sugar exports in October last year, it had decided that if the retail price of sugar exceeded Rs.145.15 per kg, exports would be halted immediately. However, from December 2024 to February 2025, sugar continued to be exported while prices continued to rise; yet, exports were not stopped. Now, by allowing the import of 500,000 metric tons of sugar, the federal government has once again given the sugar mafia a license to fill their coffers and push the public deeper into misery.

He further added that the constitution or law does not run the country, but by a massive mafia that exploits the people with impunity. The sugar mafia first hoarded sugar to raise prices artificially and then sold it at exorbitant rates, amassing billions. The constant rise in sugar prices has now become a grave crisis. The real cause of this price surge is government incompetence, flawed policies, and its alliance with the sugar mafia. These mafias, comprising political families, deliberately create artificial shortages to profit, while the government remains a silent spectator.