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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.
Wheat Fields in Punjab, Pakistan. The most important crops are wheat, sugarcane, cotton, and rice, which together account nearly more than 75% of the value of total crop output. 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]
A map of worldwide wheat production in 2000 Wheat is one of the most widely produced primary crops in the world. The following international wheat production statistics come from the Food and Agriculture Organization figures from FAOSTAT database, older from International Grains Council figures from the report "Grain Market Report".
The Punjab Food Department is a department of Government of Punjab, Pakistan. It is responsible for regulating business of food grains which include purchase, storage, sales and milling. [ 1 ]
Pakistan Agricultural Storage & Services Corporation Ltd (PASSCO) (Urdu: مشارکتِ پاکستان برائے خدمات و تذخیرِ زراعت) is a Pakistani government-owned company working in the storage sector of Pakistan, under administrative control of Ministry of National Food Security and Research, Govt. of Pakistan. [1]
Wheat flour is also used to make naans and other forms of bread in Pakistan. [2] It is estimated that 22 million tons of wheat is consumed in Pakistan annually. [1] When Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) took over the helms of governmental affairs in August 2018, the price of the wheat flour was 50 PKR per kilogram (KG). [3]
It was established in 1949 as the International Wheat Council, and its present name was adopted in 1995. The IGC's data, analysis and reporting are used by member governments, private organizations and other international bodies concerned with grain market developments.
Moga district is among the largest producers of wheat and rice in Punjab, India. People from Moga city and Moga district belong to the Malwa culture. The district is noted for being the homeland for a high-proportion of Indian Punjabi expatriates who emigrated abroad and their descendants, which has given it the nickname of " NRI district".