Tag: Wheat

Punjab to follow federal govt with wheat support price

Political rivalry among federal and provincial governments have jeopardised the availability of affordable food for masses. Federal government has announced wheat support price of...

Wheat price increase condemned

Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) has strongly criticised government’s decision to increase wheat support price from Rs950 to Rs1,050 per maund. PFMA has warned...

Wheat support price fixed at Rs 1,050 per 40kg

The government has fixed the wheat support price for next year at Rs 1,050 per 40 kilogrammes. The decision to fix the price was...

Govt to consider wheat support price increase

Federal government is seriously considering the proposal to increase wheat support price from Rs950 to Rs1,150 per maund on the pretext of inflation. Though...

Proposed increase in wheat price to cause inflation: PFMA

Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) Punjab Chairman Chaudhry Abdul Jabbar has said proposed increase in wheat prices will result in a new wave of...

Farmers uncertain as govt fails to announce wheat support price

Uncertainty grips the farmer community, as the government has failed to announce wheat support price for the current Rabi crop, even though the prices...

Pakistan to miss wheat sowing target

The country might miss the wheat sowing target this year, as farmers are reluctant to cultivate wheat owing to the highest ever input cost...

Sindh govt provides wheat to WFP

The government of Sindh has provided around 8,333 metric tonnes of wheat to the World Food Programme (WFP) for the flood-affected people in Sindh. “We...

Govt imports 0.35m tonnes urea ahead of wheat cultivation season

In order to meet the urea demand ahead of the wheat cultivation season the government has imported 0.35 million tones urea from different countries...

Over 1.1m acres of wheat sowing underway in rain-fed area

The Punjab agriculture department said that wheat sowing was underway on an area of 1,152,962 acres of land in rain-fed areas of the province...

SECP approves future contracts in wheat for commodities market

As a part of its mandate to develop and strengthen the commodities' market, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), has granted approval...

Wheat exporters demand subsidy for export

Wheat exporters will be in need of subsidy or rebate on exports from the government as they could not sale the huge stock of...

Urea shortage to impact wheat crop

The Punjab government has urged the Federal Government to either revisit its gas curtailment policy for the fertiliser manufacturing units or make arrangements on...

Sindh CM reviews releases of wheat crop 2011

Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah presided a meeting regarding releases of wheat crop 2011 at Chief Minister House here on Friday. Chief...

LHC seeks reply on petition challenging wheat confiscation

A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench on Wednesday sought reply until August 1 on a petition filed by a Narowal landlord against Chenab...

2 million tonnes of wheat wasted

Nearly two million tonnes of wheat in Punjab government stocks carried forward from previous years has become a heavy burden on the provincial kitty,...

Stiff competition throttles Pakistan’s wheat export

Cheap Black Sea wheat is undercutting exports from Pakistan and is likely to keep the south Asian country out of the market for several...