WHEAT AVAILABLE, GOVT. NOT RELEASING YET 

NO PRESSURE WILL BE ENTERTAINED: SR. & FOOD MINISTER

Senior & Punjab Food Minister Abdul Aleem Khan has clarified that there is an abundance of wheat is available in the market, there is no fear of any kind of shortage anywhere in the province. He further said that the Punjab Government and the Food Department were keeping a close watch on the situation in the food market and wheat was not being released at the official level so far as it was not needed at present.

    In a special statement issued on the current situation of wheat in Punjab and some news in this regard, Punjab Senior Minister for Food Abdul Aleem Khan has said that the Government releases wheat at the official level only when it is required. He said that some elements wanted to put pressure on the Punjab Government to release wheat for higher profits while wheat was already available in large quantities in the open market. He said that a bumper crop of wheat has been harvested this year too and the best price was paid to the farmers as well. Abdul Aleem Khan said that the Food Department wants to ensure uninterrupted supply of wheat and flour till the end of the season of this year. He also said that a good wheat crop is expected next year and In Sha Allah there will be no shortage for the general public and Punjab Government will take all steps in this regard.