Ministry of National Food Security and Research(NFS&R) is ensuring good quality wheat at cheap price for public. There was a briefing on flour price for Prime Minister at the July 21 cabinet meeting. It was decided at the meeting that there should be no hindrance in the supply of wheat across the country. It was also decided that the government would not allow the price of flour to go up. Wheat import is allowed to bridge the gap between supply and demand. Wheat hoarding will not be tolerated. Stockpiling is hostile to society. People should point out such elements. Wheat smuggling will be stopped. The Government of Sindh will be contacted to waive 1.25% duty / tax on the import price of wheat. Local wheat stocks is 26.059 million tonnes. Punjab has started its wheat releases. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) has lifted about 55,218 tonnes of wheat from PASSCO’s stock by July 19, 2020.The provincial departments are also directed to make sure that there should be no complain of wheat and flour shortage in the country. All provinces are cooperating with each other and NFS&R to ensure smooth supply of the commodity in the country. NFS&R is also facilitating private sector importers for ensuring adequate and timely imports of wheat in order to keep smooth demand and supply of grains and flour across the country.
