Pakistan's food security at stake: PKI.

KARACHI -- Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) PresAident Khalid Mehmood KhAoAkAhar has warned that Pakistan's food security could be at stake if agricultural production is not booAsAted and its issues remain unaddressed.

Addressing a press conference at Karachi Press Club on Wednesday, he regArAetted that we're importing low-quality wheat while having the potential to grow world's best grain, adding that despite being an agrarian economy PakiAstan has to spend billions of dollars annually on food imports, including those of wheat, sugar and vegetables, to bridge local shoArAtAfall.

In terms of agricultural success, he believes PakiAstan is way more underdeveloped than the rest of the world and it must adopt a productive model being used by China, Australia and other countries to come on a par with global farming standards.

The PKI president emphAasised that...

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