ISLAMABAD: Federal Government has exempted 10% customs duty on import of wheat by issuing SRO 478 dated 24-05-2008 amending SRO 567 (1)/2006 dated 05-06-2006. This measure has been taken to ensure availability of wheat and …

Govt to maintain strategic stocks of wheat, rice; army has not been withdrawn from FATA and it has been redeployed to ensure security of peaceful citizens
The Federal Cabinet has decided to allow the private sector …

Police recover huge cache of smuggled wheat, flour
CHAKWAL: Police have recovered huge cache of wheat and flour that was to be smuggled to NWFP near Bulkasar interchange on motorway Monday. Police intercepted two trucks on …

The world’s financial experts have placed Pakistan on a list of 36 countries that face a serious food crisis, warning that if the situation worsens people may raid storage facilities for food. Like rest of …

ISLAMABAD: The government has warned the wheat hoarders to offer their wheat by Monday (May 19) to the public sector procurement agencies; otherwise their stocks will be confiscated.
A detailed briefing on current wheat …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has asked the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to import additional 2.5 million tons of wheat, including the 1.5 million tons already approved by the ECC, in addition …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Monday directed Ministry of Food and Agriculture to import additional 2.5 million tons of wheat, including the 1.5 million tons already approved by the Economic Coordination Committee. Chairing …

ISLAMABAD: Sixty-six percent (66%) of a National Sample of respondents from the rural and urban areas of all four provinces say they have lately faced difficulties in obtaining aata (flour) for their daily food consumption. …

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister, Sardar Dost Muhammad Khan Khosa has ordered the administration to check the availability of wheat and flour on controlled prices in the province. Chief Minister presided over a meeting of assembly …

LARKANA: Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah said here Thursday that smuggling of wheat would be strictly checked. He was talking to the journalist at Shaheed Benazair Bhutto House Naudero Thursday afternoon. The Chief …