The bench will be comprised Chief Justice and Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry. Hearing will be commenced on August 19. Chief Justice took notice on a news item appeared in a daily on Thursday stating that billion of rupees have been earned by the market players due to escalation in sugar price with the active connivance of political dignities whereby the price of the sugar has gone up to Rs 52 per kilogram and is likely to further shoot up to the tune of Rs 60 per kilogram in the coming holy month of Ramazan.
Taking suo motu the CJ observed: "I would like to know how many sugar mills are running, what is their annual production, approximate consumption of sugar in country, what measures the provincial and central governments have already adopted or suggested to meet the deficiency, if any, as well as to keep the price in control to make its purchase within the reach of the poor consumers specially in the coming holy month of Ramazan.