PM discusses wheat scarcity, calls for action against smugglers in emergency session.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif presided over an emergency session on Wednesday to discuss the scarcity of wheat.

The PM was told that there were sufficient resources of the wheat and 1.3 metric tons of imported wheat had also arrived. The carry forward stock of wheat at the end of the ongoing season would be 1.4 metric tons which would be enough to tackle the national food needs.

After the briefing, the chief executive said the government would not allow the smugglers to create artificial deficiency of wheat, while...

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