The wheat price in Sindh is causing flour millers to avoid government godowns this season. The food department fixed the release price at Rs9,500 per 100kg. However, millers say the price becomes even higher after transport and labor costs. They prefer buying from the open market, where cleaner wheat costs Rs9,400 to Rs9,500 with all […]
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Eateries fined over poor hygiene
Eateries fined over poor hygiene. The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Food Department Monday inspected various restaurants in sector I-8 which had poor condition in regards of cleanliness and pure food. The food department fined several eateries over failure to meet the pure food standards issued by the government. Following the directions of Deputy Commissioner, Islamabad […]
486,471 tonnes wheat procured in Faisalabad division
FAISALABAD: The regional food department has procured 486,471 metric tonnes of wheat, showing 91.30 percent of the total target in the division. Deputy Director Food Department Muhammad Raza Sipra said here Tuesday that total wheat procurement target for the division was fixed 532,810 metric tonnes. He said a total of 40 wheat procurement centers were […]
Wheat procurement target may not be achieved
FAISALABAD: Achieving the wheat procurement target set by the Food Department in Faisalabad has become impossible. With the target of purchasing 110,000 metric tonnes of wheat, only 70 percent of the bardana has been distributed to the farmers so far, while only 44 percent of the wheat has been procured in five weeks. In this […]
Speaker snubs over-stepping of food department
Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi grilled minister for Food Samiullah Chaudhry on Monday during the question-hour in ongoing session of the Punjab Assembly as he failed to satisfy the House regarding the performance of his department. As per the details, MPAs and Speaker were equally annoyed over the hyperactive role of the Punjab Food Authority in […]