K-PFC wheat procurement target set at 0.15m tonnes

PESHAWAR: To bring stability in flour prices and avoid a shortfall, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Food Committee (K-PFC) on Friday gave the go-ahead to the food department for procuring 0.15 million tonnes of wheat from the Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation (PASSCO).

The decision was made during a meeting of the K-PFC held under the chairmanship of K-P Food Minister Qalandar Khan Lodhi. The meeting disused in details rates for transporting wheat from Punjab to the provincial reserve centres in K-P and procurement of Wheat from PASSCO.

After a detailed discussion on the agenda items, PFC approved the procurement of 0.15 million tonnes of wheat and rates for its transportation from Punjab to provincial reserves centres in K-P.

Lodhi said that provision of food items to the public at low cost was the government’s responsibility and they were committed to ensuring it.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 26^th, 2019.