ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Food Security Fakhar Imam on Friday expressed surprise over sale of wheat and flour at exorbitant rates soon after the harvest season.
The minister’s statement can be viewed as an indication that the price of wheat flour may further increase in the days to come.
Mr Imam wondered that more than six million tonnes of wheat was purchased from farmers after the harvest two months ago, but it had “vanished in the market”.
“Six million tonnes of wheat was purchased but [nobody knows] where it has gone,” the minister said while speaking on the floor of the National Assembly.
