Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MinNFSR) here on Friday categorically cleared that sufficient wheat stocks are available in the country to tackle with domestic requirements.
A press release issued by the Ministry said that Pakistan is wheat secure country till next harvest and claims of shortage are fallacious.
It said that public sector wheat stocks stood at 4.883 million metric tons (MMT) and Provincial Crop Reporting Services informed MinNFSR that there is shortage of 1.6MMT.
The shortfall was decided to be met through import of wheat with 3 pronged strategy, including importation through public, private and GTG basis.
It said that public sector is importing wheat through Government to Government (GTG) basis in two ways and PASSCO will bring 180,000 Metric Tons(MT) of GTG wheat in November.
