Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) warned the federal government on Monday that if the Rs 100 per maund increase in the wheat support price was not withdrawn, price of the 20 kilogrammes flour bag will jump by Rs 80.
PFMA indicated that flour mills could reduce wheat flour price by Rs 150 per bag if the federal government allowed them wheat import. Holding a press conference at PFMA House, association chairman Naeem Butt strongly criticised the federal government’s decision to increase the wheat support price from Rs 950 to Rs 1,050 per maund. He said that the decision to increase the wheat support price would neither benefit farmers nor consumers. Naeem suggested that if the federal government wanted to support farmers it should provide them with agriculture inputs, including fertilizers, pesticides and diesel at subsidised rates.
He pointed out that Pakistan had the highest wheat price in the world despite the fact that the country had surplus wheat stock of around eight million tonnes. In the international market, he said, wheat was available at $285 per tonnes. He demanded the government to allow wheat import, which would cut wheat price by Rs 150 per 20 kilogrammes.
All the assemblies are dominated by zamindars, they are shameless, they will go on increasing support price of wheat. now wheat is available but most of the poverty hit people in the country are unable to buy ata. They are slowly ding from hunger.Human Rights Commission of Pakistan should do some thing.
bro there are other zamindars who are working hard n they cant afford rs 950 per mound. Do u know that we spend lot of money to arrigate our crops and harvesting them so its a right decesion bro look at the othere side as well
Zmjndars in Pakistan are addicted to effortless windfall in their income through yearly increase in support price of wheat. They don't pay well their farm labour and also don't pay income tax.They are the richets class in the country as demonstrated by their life style.Because of the easy income they make no effort to agriculture research . See, per hector yield in neighboring India is almost double.Reason, owners of land are tillers themselves they work hard and learn from agriculture research,
It is strange why MQM and PTI is not raising issue of uncalled for increase in the support price of wheat which directly and severely effect common man. MQM silence on the issue amounts to betrayal.
Unfortunately media is also silent on the issue of great public importance Is there mumuka with Zamindars..
What about the poor subsistance farmers? And remember zamindars income is very unreliable as well. So they need to be supported.
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