The government has decided in principle to import wheat for building strategic reserves and ensure steady supply of staple food during the current year. AFP/File
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided in principle to import wheat for building strategic reserves and ensure steady supply of staple food during the current year.
A summary will be presented in the next meeting of Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet for approval. This was stated by Secretary Ministry of Food Security and Research Ghufran Memon in a meeting of the National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC).
The NPMC meeting was chaired by Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin to review prices of essential food items.
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The Parliamentary Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) on Wednesday called for strengthening the agriculture sector under the CPEC framework. AFP/File
ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) on Wednesday called for strengthening the agriculture sector under the CPEC framework by observing that this diminishing sector has the potential source of employment for the people of the country.
The committee, chaired by Sher Ali Arbab, emphasised that Pakistan needs not to rely on China for technological transfer rather boost its capacity building. The country needs to enhance the areas of research to encourage indigenous technological innovations and modernise its agriculture sector, the meeting noted.