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The Pakistan wheat import scandal refers to a controversy that emerged in 2024, involving the importation of a significant amount of wheat by the caretaker government, despite the country having surplus wheat stocks. This decision allegedly caused a loss of more than 300 billion rupees to the national exchequer.
The 2023–2024 Gilgit-Baltistan Protests, or Wheat protests in Gilgit-Baltistan are a series of protests, sit-ins, and demonstrations against the Federal Government of Pakistan and the Government of Gilgit-Balitistan in response to the dramatic increase in wheat prices in the region. Many of the protests have been organized by the Awami Action ...
The 2024 Azad Kashmir protests were a series of six day long protests, sit-ins, shutter-downs, demonstrations and wheel-jam strikes starting on 8 May against the Federal Government of Pakistan and the Government of Azad Kashmir, calling for lower prices for wheat, flour, and electricity, in addition to other demands. Many of the protests were ...
Amid these economic dynamics, Pakistan underwent a structural transition. The GDP share of agriculture declined from 53% in 1947 to 21.2% in 2010, while the GDP share of industry rose from 9.6% in 1949–50 to 25.4% in 2010. Additionally, the GDP share of the services sector increased from 37.2% in 1950 to 53.4% in 2010.
A map of worldwide wheat production in 2000 Wheat is one of the most widely ... Pakistan: 26.2 27.5 25.2 24.3 ... This page was last edited on 18 June 2024, ...
Pakistan's largest food crop is wheat. As of 2018, According to the ministry of agriculture, Pakistan wheat output reached 26.3 million tonnes. [11] In 2005, Pakistan produced 21,591,400 metric tons of wheat, more than all of Africa (20,304,585 metric tons) and nearly as much as all of South America (24,557,784 metric tons), according to the ...
During 2022 and 2023 there were food crises in several regions as indicated by rising food prices. In 2022, the world experienced significant food price inflation along with major food shortages in several regions. Sub-Saharan Africa, Iran, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Iraq were most affected. [1][2][3] Prices of wheat, maize, oil seeds, bread, pasta ...
The Ministry of National Food Security & Research or Ministry of Agricultulre (Urdu: وزارتِ برائے قومی تحقیق و حفظانِ تغذیہ ، پاکستان, wazarat-e- baraye qaumi tehqeeq o hfzanِ taghzia, Pakistan (abbreviated as MoA) is a Cabinet-level ministerial department of Government of Pakistan. It is responsible for ...