wheat

The government approved the import of approximately 450,000 metric tonnes of wheat from Russia and an additional 130,000 mt of wheat from a different source over the following four months, …

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the government approved the immediate import of 0.3 million tons of wheat from Russia. The import, however, will be a government-to-government deal and …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif today rejected the idea of wheat import through the private sector. PM remarked that the private importers can make ‘fat profits’ in the wake of …

The Taliban government in Afghanistan signed a deal with Russia to buy gasoline, diesel, gas and wheat. Under the deal, Russia would supply one million tonnes of gasoline, one million …

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said he was worried that there hadn’t been enough planning over the past four years to keep wheat reserves in the country. He also …

PM ordered the Minister for National Food Security and Research, Tariq Bashir Cheema, to set up an urgent committee to ensure the distribution of imported wheat in the provinces is …

Asad Umer said that according to NAB Chairman, Rs20 billion wheat was stolen in Sindh. He pointed out that wheat in Sindh was being sold at Rs300 to Rs350 costly …

Pakistan’s food import bill grew by 53.98 per cent to $7.550 billion year-on-year during the 11 months of the current fiscal year in total import of $50.039bn.

With the onset of the Kharif season, farmers have started to harvest their long hard work. The wheat is being harvested in the month of April while the rain in …

The share of food items in the total import bill reached 15.76pc this year, compared to 11.29pc last year.