Record sowing area and favourable growing conditions lift wheat production to 29.61 million tonnes
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Government vows crackdown on wheat hoarding and price manipulation
Wheat Board confirms sufficient wheat stocks nationwide as federal and provincial authorities prepare strict action against hoarding and unjustified price hikes.
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Pakistan wheat output seen at 29.3 million tons as FCA sets Kharif targets
ISLAMABAD, April 14, 2026 — Pakistan’s wheat production for the Rabi 2025–26 season is estimated at 29.31 million metric tons, cultivated over 9.385 million hectares, officials said on Tuesday, as the government reviewed crop performance and set targets for the upcoming Kharif season.
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Government sets wheat procurement price at Rs3,500 per 40kg
Islamabad, February 22, 2026 – The National Wheat Oversight Committee announced that the illustrative wheat procurement price has been fixed at Rs3,500 per 40 kilograms, with provinces briefed to ensure smooth implementation of procurement operations ahead of the new harvesting season.
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Government approves wheat policy 2025-26, sets support price at Rs3,500 per maund
Islamabad, October 20, 2025 – The federal government of Pakistan has approved the National Wheat Policy 2025-26, setting the wheat procurement price at Rs3,500 per maund to ensure fair compensation for farmers and maintain adequate strategic wheat reserves.
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Punjab Bans Wheat Use in Poultry Feed Mills
Lahore, October 4, 2025 – The Punjab government has once again extended its province-wide ban on the use of wheat in poultry feed mills, aiming to safeguard the availability of flour and bread for the public.
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Wheat Flour Price Soars by 132% in Agricultural Pakistan
Islamabad, August 18, 2023 – The cost of wheat flour, a staple food for the masses in Pakistan, has experienced an unprecedented surge of over 132%.
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Prime Minister directs strict action against smugglers of wheat, sugar and urea
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif instructed the authorities to take strict action against smugglers of wheat, sugar, and urea, which negatively impacts Pakistan’s foreign remittances and deprives its people of their rights.
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Karachi on brink of major wheat flour crisis as supplies run low
Karachi, the financial and commercial hub of Pakistan, is likely to face massive shortage of wheat flour shortage as mills have stopped grinding.
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Pakistan purchases 450,000 metric tons wheat from Russia
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is purchasing of 450,000 metric tons wheat from Russia as country’s economic coordination committee approved a bid of a Russian company.
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet met on Monday which was presided over by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar.
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Federal Minister for Power Khurram Dastgir Khan, Federal Minister for Industries and Production Syed Murtaza Mahmud, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi MNA/Ex-PM, Minister of State for Finance and Revenue Dr. Ayesha Ghous Pasha, SAPM on Finance Tariq Bajwa, SAPM on Revenue Tariq Mehmood Pasha, SAPM on Government Effectiveness Dr. Muhammad Jehanzeb Khan, Federal Secretaries and other senior officers attended the meeting in person while Federal Minister for Commerce Syed Naveed Qamar, Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Masood Malik, Coordinator to PM on Commerce and Industry Rana Ihsan Afzal and Governor SBP, MD PASSCO joined the meeting through Zoom.
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Ministry of National Food Security and Research submitted a summary on Award of 7th International Wheat Tender 2022 opened on November 30, 2022.
Keeping in view results of 7th International tender and G2G offer, the ECC approved the lowest bid from M/s Cereal Crop Trading LLC at $ 372/MT for supply of 130,000 MT at Karachi ports for the shipment period from 16th December, 2022 8th February, 2023.
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The ECC also granted approval of the offer of M/s Prodintorg , Russia on Government to Government (G2G) basis at $ 372 /MT for supply of 450,000 MT at Gwadar Port for shipment period from 1st February, 2023 to 31st March, 2023.
It was decided that any additional cost on inland transportation from Gwadar Port will be borne by PASSCO to be recovered from provinces at the time of release of wheat stock.
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The ECC also approved proposal of Finance Ministry to change the title of the revolving fund account for CPEC Independent Power Producers from “Pakistan Energy Revolving Fund” to “Pakistan Energy Revolving Account”.