ISLAMABAD: Wheat procurement drive is in full swing in Punjab as 856,000 tonnes of the commodity has so far been procured, said an official of the food department while talking to APP. More than 51 percent of gunny bags have been distributed and the food department has procured 855,934 tonnes of wheat which is 21.29 per cent of its target. Some 1.8 million tonnes of gunny bags have so far been distributed, said an official of the Food department Punjab. The daily arrival of wheat reached as many as 133,000 tonnes on Thursday, up from 90,000 tonnes a day earlier. The country has not crossed 25 million tonnes in the last three years, with Punjab sticking around 18 million tonnes.

Source: Pakistan Today April 25, 2021 09:33 UTC