No wheat shortage this year as 6m-tonne buffer set

Food Security Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain said Pakistan will keep wheat reserves of up to six million tonnes and faces no shortage this year.

The government will maintain strategic wheat reserves of up to six million tonnes to keep supply steady.

Food Security Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain said there will be no wheat shortage in Pakistan this year.

The indicative support price is Rs4,500 per 40kg for 2027, Rs1,000 higher than last year.

Passco has already supplied more than 1.3 million metric tonnes of wheat to the provinces.

The minister called the recent price rise artificial and said prices should ease within days.

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