Opposition again gives tough time to govt on wheat crisis.

Senators belonging to opposition parties on Tuesday rejected the assurance of Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Khurso Bakhtyar, who claimed there was no wheat/flour shortage in the country.

Islamabad: They claimed that it was totally mismanagement on part of government or inability to deal the matter properly. Why appropriate measures were not taken in advance as the crises of wheat forecasted few months ago. There were crises of gas, tomato, sugar and many more during the PTI government, the opposition senators regretted. They even made hue and cry while the minister was presenting the government's point of view over the issue. They demanded of the Senate chairman to refer the matter to the committee concerned so as to have proper debate over it. As a result, Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani referred the matter to the committee with the instruction to report the House as soon as possible.

Winding up a discussion on a motion in the Senate, Khusro Bakhtyar said that the federal government had evolved a mechanism with the coordination...