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wheat shortage

No wheat shortage in country, reserves adequate: minister

Updated 19 May, 2026 10:10pm

Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain on Tuesday said there was no wheat...

There is no wheat shortage in Punjab: minister

Published 06 Nov, 2025 06:14am

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Dairy Development Syed Ashiq Hussain Kirmani has ...

CM orders crackdown against wheat hoarders

Published 10 Sep, 2025 07:00am

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif chaired a special meeting to address the issue of illegal wheat...

No wheat shortage, will not import, says govt

Published 28 Aug, 2025 04:08pm

Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain assured on Thursday that there was no...

ECC directs officials to look into G-B wheat issue

Updated 11 Feb, 2024 09:25am

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has directed the Secretary Finance, Secretary...

There’s no wheat shortage, Senate told

Published 28 Nov, 2023 04:56am

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government has claimed that 7.2 million metric tonnes of wheat stocks are currently...

Flour millers assured that there will be smooth supply of wheat

Published 06 May, 2023 06:23am

KARACHI: Sindh government has assured the flour mills for uninterrupted supply of wheat grains from next week to...

Wheat shortage

Updated 17 Jan, 2023 11:27pm

EDITORIAL: It is gross incompetence and mismanagement by central and provincial governments alike, even more than...

Punjab govt decides to give 21,000MTs of wheat to Balochistan

Updated 14 Jan, 2023 08:49am

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvaiz Elahi has announced to give 21,000 metric tons of wheat to...

Federal govt says sufficient wheat stocks available

Updated 14 Jan, 2023 08:48am

Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Tariq Bashir Cheema says if any province needs wheat then they should come and take the commodity

Two shipments of wheat arrive

Updated 10 Jan, 2023 08:57am

KARACHI: Two consignments of wheat imported by Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) have arrived in Pakistan for...

Wheat shortage, financial crisis: Balochistan seeks centre’s help

Updated 05 Jan, 2023 09:00am

QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo here on Wednesday demanded the federation to immediately...

There’s no shortage of wheat: govt

Updated 05 Jan, 2023 08:59am

ISLAMABAD: The government while denouncing the rumours regarding a wheat shortage crisis has said that the country...

Punjab CM writes letter to PM over wheat shortage

Updated 21 Oct, 2022 09:39am

LAHORE: Following the shortage of wheat in the province, Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has written a...

Miftah warns of food insecurity as floods dent wheat, rice crops

Updated 02 Sep, 2022 05:24pm

At event in Karachi, finance minister stresses that the 'world does not want to lend to Pakistan anymore' so it is imperative to 'live within our means' to ensure sustainable, long-term growth

Incompetent food dept creates famine-like situation in Upper Chitral

Published 22 Jul, 2022 06:07am

ISLAMABAD: A famine-like situation has been created in Upper Chitral district due to the “mismanagement and...

ECC addresses wheat shortage

Published 08 Jul, 2022 05:36am

EDITORIAL: It ought to be appreciated that, for once, the system has moved fast enough for the Economic Coordination...

India tightens flour exports after global wheat shortage

Published 07 Jul, 2022 05:10pm

NEW DELHI: India will impose restrictions on the export of flour in a fresh move to insulate domestic markets from a...

ECC takes step to forestall wheat shortage

Updated 06 Jul, 2022 10:17am

Approves lowest bid offer for the import of 500,000 metric tons of wheat at US$ 439.40 per metric ton

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 20	278.15
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 20	277.95
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 21	162.52
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 21	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 21	1.34
Euro to USD / Jul 21	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 20	3.62

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 20	7,443.28
Nasdaq / Jul 20	25,508.07
Dow Jones / Jul 20	51,839.26
India Sensex / Jul 21	77,478.67
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 21	65,077.32
Hang Seng / Jul 21	25,036.86
FTSE 100 / Jul 21	10,506.59
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 21	24,879.67
France CAC40 / Jul 21	8,348.97

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 20	18,880
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 20	363,971
Petrol/Litre / Jul 21	316.15
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 21	82.50
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 21	4,050.88
Diesel/Litre / Jul 21	354.35
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 21	79.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Jul 21 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	9.30 ▲ 0.98 (11.78%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 21 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	2.37 ▲ 0.22 (10.23%)
Invest Capital Invest Bank / Jul 21 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	21.75 ▲ 1.98 (10.02%)
First IBL Mod. / Jul 21 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	15.27 ▲ 1.39 (10.01%)
Gammon Pak / Jul 21 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	21.98 ▲ 2 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jul 21 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	110.23 ▲ 10.02 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 21 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	41.69 ▲ 3.79 (10%)
Biafo Ind. / Jul 21 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	130.83 ▲ 11.89 (10%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jul 21 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	18.15 ▲ 1.65 (10%)
Husein Industries / Jul 21 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	60.50 ▲ 5.5 (10%)

Stock	Price
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 21 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,515.89 ▼ -168.43 (-10%)
Shams Textile / Jul 21 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	57.58 ▼ -6.4 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 21 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	50.44 ▼ -5.6 (-9.99%)
United Insurance / Jul 21 The United Insurance Company(UNIC)	12.77 ▼ -1.32 (-9.37%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 21 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	420 ▼ -40.42 (-8.78%)
S.G.Power / Jul 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	80.39 ▼ -7.44 (-8.47%)
Popular Islamic / Jul 21 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	23 ▼ -2.11 (-8.4%)
Frontier Ceramics / Jul 21 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	98.11 ▼ -7.68 (-7.26%)
Jubilee Spinning / Jul 21 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	50 ▼ -3.79 (-7.05%)
Maqbool Textile / Jul 21 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.08 ▼ -2.35 (-7.03%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	248,071,482 ▼ -0.69
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 21 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	107,091,912 ▲ 0.22
TPL Properties / Jul 21 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	65,769,551 ▲ 0.66
Pak Refinery / Jul 21 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	56,679,557 ▲ 0.65
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 21 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	25,136,547 ▲ 0.02
TPL Corp Ltd / Jul 21 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	23,094,270 ▲ 1.13
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	21,067,153 ▲ 0.03
B.O.Punjab / Jul 21 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	19,369,992 ▲ 0.38
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	15,393,000 ▲ 0.11
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 21 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	12,288,035 ▼ -1.96

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