Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has announced the immediate commencement of wheat procurement at Rs3,500 per maund along with the provision of free gunny bags worth Rs6 billion for farmers across the province, terming it a major step towards strengthening the agricultural economy. Chairing a special meeting to review wheat procurement arrangements, distribution of […]
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Local wheat stocks beefed up to 5.750 million metric tons
Islamabad: After harvesting a historic high wheat crop, the strategic grains reserves of the country further rose and crossed 5.75 million tons mark, besides the procurement drive for the current season also entered into its final stage across the crop producing areas in the country. The increase in strategic reserves was mainly attributed with bumper […]