Chitral Times Report
ISLAMABAD: A meeting regarding wheat distribution from PASSCO to Flour Mills of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was held under the Chairmanship of Federal Minister for National Food Security & Research, Mr. Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar here in Islamabad today. In the meeting Provincial Food Secretaries of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and representatives of Punjab Food Department, Managing Director PASSCO, representatives of Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA), Punjab and Sindh and senior officials of the Ministry were present.
The Federal Minister Khusro Bakhtiar stressed at the timely release and availability of wheat from PASSCO to Sindh & KPK. Moreover, the meeting focused on the availability of wheat in the country and its pricing trends, releases of wheat from PASSCO and its finical implications, view point of Pakistan Flour Mills Association on the issue of delayed release of wheat, transportation issues and distribution of wheat stock among flour mills of Sindh, installed at Karachi. After detailed deliberations, it was unanimously agreed that Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) will deliver the wheat flour at Ex- mill price of Rs. 43/Kg in Karachi, and will ensure the same. The Federal Minister Khusro Bakhtiar said that MoU between PASSCO and Government of Sindh for the release of 300,000 (0.3 Million) tons of wheat would be signed in the current week. The Federal Minister directed for the immediate release of 50,000 ton of wheat to Sindh from PASSCO stock at Sindh. It is pertinent to mention that there is no issue with the stocks released from PASSCO to Provincial Food Departments of Sindh and KP for release of wheat would start today from Sindh. Federal Minister directed the formulation of a committee comprising representatives from PASSCO, Food Departments of Sindh & Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PFMA under the Chairmanship of Federal Secretary M/o Food Security; the committee will ensure smooth and timely distribution of wheat to provinces.
