{"id":112823,"date":"2026-05-17T10:49:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T05:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=112823"},"modified":"2026-05-17T10:49:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T05:49:45","slug":"government-considering-importing-wheat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/government-considering-importing-wheat\/","title":{"rendered":"Government considering importing wheat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Punjab government has started considering importing <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/govt-takes-notice-of-issues-in-wheat-purchase-and-sale\/\">wheat<\/a> in view of the fear of a possible 4.5 million tons shortfall in the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, a 12 to 15 percent decrease in wheat production is being estimated due to weather effects. As a result, a total shortage of 4.5 million tons of wheat has been feared in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Sources say that a proposal to import 2.5 to 2.7 million tons of wheat is under consideration. However, the final decision in this regard will be taken after consultation with the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Food Department, the country does not have the required wheat. While PASSCO, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have a total of 2.2 million tons of wheat.<\/p>\n<p>Sources said that consultations are underway at the government level on the issue of wheat import. And the Punjab government\u2019s position is also being sought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Punjab government has started considering importing wheat in view of the fear of a possible 4.5 million tons shortfall in the country. According to sources, a 12 to 15 percent decrease in wheat production is being estimated due to weather effects. As a result, a total shortage of 4.5 million tons of wheat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":36005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1542,34178,42276],"class_list":["post-112823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-wheat-prices","tag-wheat","tag-wheat-rates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112824,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112823\/revisions\/112824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}