Islamabad: While sugar prices have been on the rise in domestic market for the past couple of months, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved a ban on sugar export.

Khan gave the go-ahead months after the country had exported 141,447 metric tonnes of sugar, Dawn reported.

While approving the summary, the premier also decided that white sugar would be imported through private sector without taxes and duties and no financial support would be provided to the importers by federal or provincial governments.

The decision will be implemented after its approval from the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC), being the competent forum.