Tag: #Wheat
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MKL slams Wheat Imports Despite Adequate Local Stocks, seeks Rs4,500 Support Price
LAHORE: Markazi Kisan League (MKL) Chairman Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali Olakh and President Ashfaq Virk have criticised the government’s decision to import wheat despite the availability of sufficient domestic stocks, calling it a policy failure that undermines farmers’ interests and places an unnecessary financial burden on the national exchequer. In a joint statement, the leaders said…
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India ships tons of wheat to Afghanistan via Wagah Border
New Delhi: India has shipped several tonnes of wheat to the people of Afghanistan via the Wagah Border located in Lahore, Pakistan to help alleviate severe food shortages in the area. According to the details, Pakistan had agreed to allow wheat to be sent from the neighbouring country via Wagah. A statement issued by the…
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Wheat Sowing in Punjab stands at 99%: Fakhar Imam
December 24, 2021: Federal Minister of National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam chaired the wheat review committee on the issue of crop sowing position 2021-2022. The meeting was conducted with the provincial counterparts to monitor the ongoing sowing of wheat crop in the country. The meeting was attended by the representation from all…
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GB Wheat Quota to Increase to 1.7 million Sacks: Food Adviser
The Food Adviser says that the GB wheat quota will increase to 1.7 million sacks.
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Government Urged to Take Notice of Rising Wheat Prices
The government has been urged to take notice of rising wheat prices in the country.
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Was the Target Achieved for Wheat Cultivation this Year
FAISALABAD, Dec 26 (APP): The government had set a target of wheat cultivation on 1,967,000 acres in the division and wheat has been sown on 1,933,559 acres which is 98.3 percent of the set target. This was said by Divisional Director Agriculture (Extension) Chaudhary Abdul Hameed while talking to APP on Saturday. He said that…
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Aleem Khan for Evolving New Mechanism to Buy Wheat at Government Level
Aleem Khan is for evolving a new mechanism to buy wheat at the government level.
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Wheat Sowing in Pakistan went Better than Expected
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15 (APP): Wheat sowing during the current season has witnessed an encouraging trend as crop cultivation was completed over 89.07 percent against the set target for Rabi 2020-21. According to initial estimates of Provincial Crop Reporting Services, wheat cultivation was completed over 8.203 million hectares as against the set targets of 9.210 million…
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Imported sugar to be provided to consumers at Rs 87.50 per KG: Food Dept
PESHAWAR, Nov 15 (APP):The provincial government has imported ample quantity of sugar that would be provided to people at Rs. 87.50 per kilogram. A official of food department said that imported sugar has reached various divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which would be provided to people at cheaper rates. Imported sugar would be available at Sasta…
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Abdul Hafeez Sheikh & CM Sindh Discuss Wheat Support Price
Abdul Hafeez Sheikh and CM Sindh have discussed the wheat support price.