K-P finalises release policy for wheat

PESHAWAR:

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government has decided to release imported wheat stored in godowns across the province, with a comprehensive release policy finalized in a high-level meeting chaired by Provincial Minister for Food Zahir Shah Toru.

The meeting, held in Peshawar, was attended by Adviser to the Chief Minister on Anti-Corruption Musaddiq Abbasi, Food Department Secretary Saqib Raza Aslam, Additional Secretary Ashfaq Ahmed, Director Food Musarrat Zaman, and other officials.

During the session, Secretary Saqib Raza Aslam provided a detailed briefing on various aspects of the imported wheat release policy.

Following the briefing, Toru said that 77,762 metric tons of imported wheat was currently stored in different godowns across the province. He disclosed that the government had decided to release the wheat to operational flour mills in the respective districts at a price of Rs2,400 per 40 kilograms.

To ensure transparency in the process, a monitoring committee has been constituted, comprising the divisional deputy director of food, district food controller, and assistant food controller.