wheat

Despite a historic surge in FY23-24, longstanding issues raise questions about whether export success can be sustained

FIA filed corruption charges in May against three PASSCO officials for embezzling over RS 1Bn.

Ministers says nine officials suspended for corruption

Minister says process proceeding smoothly

Reallocation aimed to provide wheat, electricity subsidy to valley

Strong political govt can withstand pressure, provide commodities at stable prices

Measures eye to curb $1.4b losses, focusing on used cars and wheat

Approves more wheat procurement, PMO renovation, honorariums despite economic pressures

Growers decry lack of assurance of fair price

Arrival of low-cost imported wheat leads to decrease in flour prices

Minister says crop’s procurement will improve within next four to five days

Farmers announce nationwide protests on 25th, threaten not to harvest next crop

CM hints at relief for Tandoor owners upon bread price compliance

Growers denied benefit of better prices, says Sindh Abadgar Ittehad

Applications will be received through online Bardana application

Finance ministry raises objections to cash credit limit for wheat purchase

This time around, the province neither committed any procurement target nor sought a cash credit limit

Allows borrowing of Rs275b for procurement; no target set for Punjab

CM vows to protect interests of small farmers

Country likely to produce 29m tons against target of 32m tons due to high input costs

Committee’s meeting to take up 13-point agenda

People to march against commodity rate hike today

Sowing targets were set at 22.23 million acres and have been 99.63% achieved

'Zainab goes to her high school in Ratodero on bike and her confidence is disliked in village'

Seek immediate intervention to tackle fertiliser black market during crucial wheat sowing season

Over 7 million metric tons of wheat available, govt ensures measures to address supply chain issues.

Delay in release of wheat quota to mills might increase flour price too

'Carry-forward wheat stocks for the current year reached 1.610m tonnes, surpassing last year’s figures'

According to importers, 4 lakh tonnes of wheat have been purchased so far

Impression of shortage being spread to make govt issue subsidised quotas

Sindh Assembly session requests briefing by education minister on controlling drugs on campus

Total output is estimated at 26.81m tonnes during the Rabi season 2022-23

Landowners not selling wheat to food department to face action

Price of flour increased by Rs400 per bag in the local market due to the closure of the regular wheat quota

Remaining wheat to be handled is around 250,000 MTs

Fixes price at same level as in other provinces to encourage farmers

Police say hundreds of people had gathered at a distribution point for free flour on the first day of Ramazan

IMF seeks details of mechanism to implement programme

World Bank helped develop mobile app for cash transfers to eligible small farmers

Demands the de-sealing of raided mills, fixed wheat quota

Speakers at UAF conference highlight stagnant productivity, climate changes

Cabinet informed that procurement at centres will start by mid-February

Ahsan directed provinces to monitor prices, output and supply

Warns that shortage of raw material will cause food crisis

Minister says federal govt had plenty of wheat reserves; claims provinces not releasing grains

Delivery of wheat by PASCO helped control the shortage of flour

Party held a protest against the flour crisis and back-breaking inflation

PASCO assures sending wheat in couple of days

Prices crash in Punjab after CM Elahi doubled supplies to mills from govt stocks

Insists stocks are satisfactory but provinces are not releasing