Provincial Ministers Sharjeel Inam Memon and Mukesh Kumar Chawla have said that a bumper crop of 3.6 million metric tons of wheat has been harvested in Sindh this year, which is 2 million metric tons more than last year yield . It’s full Credit goes to the leadership of the Pakistan Peoples Party, who timely decided to fix the support price of wheat at Rs 4,000 per maund and saved the country from food crisis .
The provincial ministers said that the Sindh government has set a target of 1.4 million metric tons for the procurement of wheat this year, 7.5 metric tons has been achieved till date, and added that Sindh government will achieve 100% of the target in May. They said that the Sindh government has imposed a ban on the transportation of wheat in view of wheat crisis and all borders are sealed so that wheat cannot be smuggled out. The borders will be opened once Sindh government achieve its target. They said that enough wheat stock is available with Sindh government and flour Mills of Karachi are being supplied wheat at a rate of Rs . 10500 per sack on a daily basis. They said that Sindh government stands with it’s commitment made with the Karachi flour mills. Till date, the target of supplying 500000 sacks to Flour Mills Association will be completed in the first phase. In the second stage, the owners of the flour mills should submit their challans and wheat supply will be ensured to them as per their requirements.They expressed these views while talking to the media at the Sindh Assembly Media Corner. Provincial Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said that even before 2007, we used to import wheat, but in 2008, when Pakistan People’s Party government came to power and Asif Ali Zardari became the President of Pakistan, he paid special attention to the agriculture sector and as a result Pakistan became self-sufficient in wheat production and started to export wheat. He said that this time also due to climate change and floods, there was a big loss in the agriculture sector, farmers and growers went through difficult conditions.He said that former President Asif Ali Zardari and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah consulted and fixed the support price of wheat at Rs 4,000 per maund so that farmers and growers would grow wheat.
