Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar @MIshaqDar50 chaired a high-level meeting of the committee on import of wheat today.
The meeting conducted a comprehensive assessment of current domestic wheat reserves, projected demand and supply chain mechanism, focusing on rigorous measures to ensure grain availability and price equilibrium across all provinces.
The DPM/FM emphasised the vital importance of maintaining robust food security safeguards to protect domestic consumers from market volatility. He directed the concerned federal and provincial authorities to maintain close coordination, streamline import mechanisms where necessary and ensure seamless distribution networks nationwide to ensure maximum public facilitation.
The meeting was attended by the Federal Minister for National Food Security & Research; Minister Food Department Sindh; SAPM Tariq Bajwa; Coordinator to the PM on Agriculture & Food Security; Secretaries of National Food Security & Research, Commerce, and Law & Justice; and senior officials from provinces, AJK, GB, and relevant ministries and departments.
