Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has approved a wheat support subsidy of Rs 5,000 per acre for 600,000 farmers under the ‘Kissan Card’ initiative. Farmers who are not currently registered under the Kissan Card program will also be eligible to receive the same per-acre subsidy. Chairing a special meeting, here on Monday, the CM […]
Wheat
Govt decides to supply 1.5 million tons of wheat to Sindh, KP and AJK
The federal government on Monday has decided to supply 1.5 million tons of wheat to Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). According to the sources, 0.2 million tons of wheat will be given to Sindh, 1 million tons to K-P and 0.3 million tons to AJK to overcome the shortage amid devastating floods. Both Sindh, K-P […]
Wheat prices hit record high after Indian export ban
PARIS: Wheat prices surged to a new record high in European trading on Monday after India decided to ban exports of the commodity as a heatwave hit production. The price jumped to 435 euros ($453) per tonne as the Euronext market opened, up from the previous record of 422 euros reached on Friday. On the […]
PM directs measures to curb wheat smuggling, theft
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Friday directed the authorities concerned to formulate an urgent strategy against the corruption and theft of wheat and for the construction of the silos for storage. The prime minister, chairing a high-level meeting to examine the wheat production, available stock, and expected consumption, said the construction of the silos would […]
16 cases registered over illegal wheat transportation
SARGODHA: A meeting, chaired by Commissioner Sargodha Nabil Javed, was informed on Saturday that 16 first information reports (FIRs) had been registered against illegal transportation of wheat in the division during the last two weeks. It was further informed that 14,435 wheat bags of 50-kg were recovered and sold out at the government rates. The […]
KP flour millers announce phased protest campaign against ban on wheat movement from Punjab
The flour millers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tuesday announced launching a ‘phase-wise’ agitation campaign from next week against restrictions on wheat supply from Punjab. Addressing a press conference here, the millers argued that restrictions on interprovincial movement of wheat and other food items was against article 151 of the constitution which should be lifted forthwith. KP […]
Govt to import wheat, sugar despite ‘bumper’ crops to maintain ‘strategic reserves’
ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Secretary for Finance and Revenue Zain Hussain Qureshi on Thursday informed the National Assembly that despite bumper crops, four million metric tons wheat and sufficient quantity of sugar would be imported to maintain strategic reserves of the commodities. Replying to various supplementary questions during the Question Hour, he said that the government has […]
Pakistan hits record wheat crop this year, claims Aleem Khan
LAHORE: Pakistan has produced bumper wheat production in the history of the country as in 2021 the crop has hit 28.75 million metric tons as per the data till date – May 18, 2021. Punjab Senior & Food Minister Punjab Abdul Aleem Khan said in an official handout the agrarian reforms, initiated by Prime Minister Imran […]
Crackdown on hoarders continue
FAISALABAD: In two successful raids in Tehsil Saddar, 500 metric tonnes of food items including gram, pulse moong and other items were recovered from hoarders. Assistant Commissioner of Saddar Umar Maqbool said that the revenue teams recovered 2,470 bags of gram weighing 50 kg and 2,850 bags of dal moong from Sheikh Amir’s godown in […]
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 […]