LAHORE: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will begin lifting 100,000 tonnes of wheat from Punjab after Eidul Azha.
The Punjab Food Department had procured the grain on the request of the KP government under a government-to-government arrangement.
Punjab Food Director Danish Afzaal says the KP government will pay around Rs1,937 per maund, including official support price of Rs1,800 plus incidental charges to the tune of around Rs137 per maund, for the wheat, while Peshawar will make arrangements for transportation of the consignments on its own.
“The KP government earlier used to get wheat through private contractors, who would usually purchase grains from Sargodha and Faisalabad divisions. But, it had been requested this season to get atta (wheat flour) as much as required but not to disturb the market by contracting out the wheat supplies to private players. It was suggested to instead get the supplies through G2G arrangement,” he explained.
Water politics
Influential people have been officially allowed by the Sindh government to draw water directly from canal outlets
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The recent spat between the federating units on water distribution was part of a pattern that comes to the fore every year. Chairman Pakistan People’s Party Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari accused the PTI government in Punjab of stealing water apportioned for Sindh. The Indus River System Authority (IRSA), while strongly refuting the allegation, accused the Sindh government of forging water supply data, of failing to measure correct water supply, and of illegally using Balochistan’s water, leaving the province with a 61% water shortage. According to IRSA, Sindh was provided sufficient water than Punjab. The water shortage Sindh faced during the cotton harvesting season has been 4% compared to the 16% that Punjab accrued. It is pertinent to note that the Sindh governmen
MC chief officer urges citizens to cooperate with sanitation staff
National
May 13, 2021
JHANG: Municipal Corporation Chief Officer Asif Qureshi on Wednesday urged the citizens to cooperate with the sanitation staff by disposing of garbage/wastage into containers instead of throwing it on roads and streets to avoid blockage of sewerage lines.
During a media briefing held to inform about the special cleanliness arrangements of the city during the Eid holidays, the CO said that even having limited resources, the MC staffers were working efficiently to remain the city clean. He said that special teams were also struggling round the clock to clear old and damaged sewerage lines by utilising suction and other machinery.