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Ban on wheat movement not yet visible
LAHORE, April 23: The
ban on the wheat movement in 18 districts of the
Punjab is yet to make any difference to the
procurement pattern if the food department's
figure of Thursday is something to go by.
The department managed to procure only 62,000 tons
of wheat on Wednesday, taking the total to 435,000
tons till Thursday. The department's officials
said rain in the central Punjab in the last two
days had affected the purchase process.
"Rain increases moisture content in crop and the
department's staff naturally avoids buying the
wheat," they said, hoping that the drive would
pick up steam in the next few days.
A Punjab government spokesman said here on
Thursday there was no ban on inter-provincial
movement of wheat and traders and millers from
other provinces were procuring wheat from the
Punjab.
The province had taken some administrative steps
to meet the food security target of 3.5 million
tons set by the federal government, he added. The
inter-district ban would continue for few days
after which the traders from other provinces would
be free to lift the purchased wheat.
Meanwhile, Provincial Food Minister Chaudhry
Muhammad Iqbal said the criticism on
inter-district ban by the NWFP food minister was
unjustified. In a statement, he said the Punjab
had always cooperated with other provinces in
meeting food requirements. The ban had been
ordered to get to the food security target and
discouraging hoarders and stockists, which was not
against any other province.
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Pakissan.com; Advisory Point
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