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PSMA calls for complete sugar sector deregulation

Pakistan Published 26 September 2026, 05:52 · archived 26 Sep 2026

LAHORE: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has called for complete deregulation of the sugar sector, arguing that the industry should be allowed to operate according to free-market principles. The association’s general body reiterated its longstanding demand for complete deregulation of the sugar sector. It maintained that farmers would be the primary beneficiaries of deregulation as they would have greater access to international market-linked prices for their produce. The association warned that if the sector remained subject to the existing regulatory framework, growers could gradu...

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