Khusro Bakhtiar terms flour crisis across country artificial.

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for National Food Security and Research, Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar has said that the federal government has evolved a mechanism with the coordination of provincial governments to end artificial shortfall of wheat in some parts of the country.

Winding up a discussion on a motion in the Senate on Tuesday, he said that four million tonnes of wheat was available in the public sector and there is no shortfall of wheat in the country.

He said flour prices in Sindh brought down from 60 to 54 rupees while in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 58 to 52 rupees per kg.

The Minister said that the government has raised the minimum support price of wheat from 1300 to 1365 rupees per 40 kg.

Meanwhile the Senate was informed on Tuesday that Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal established seventy five orphanages named as Dar-ul-Ehsaas across the country during last year for welfare of the orphans.

Responding to a question during the Questions Hour in Senate, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Azam Khan Swati said children in orphanages are provided quality education by the best private educational institutions of the respective area.

The Minister said Youth Villa has been established in Karachi for adolescent children where five thousand children may be accommodated.

Answering another question, he said government has introduced Ehsaas program to uplift the poor people of the country.

Azam Khan Swati said...