Minister hints at wheat shortage
Minister for Commerce Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday hinted at probable wheat shortage during the current year after the Rabi crop is harvested and said the government imported 135,915 million tonne wheat in fiscal 2006-07 and 1,574,847 million tonne during 2007-08.
With grass-seed growers scrambling for an alternative crop in the wake of an oversupply in the third year of a depressed market, wheat has made a cautious comeback in the East Valley.