Dar orders urgent action to rein in rising wheat prices

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Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar called for urgent action to control rising wheat prices by increasing market supply and preventing hoarding during a cabinet committee meeting in Islamabad on Saturday. The meeting reviewed essential commodity stocks and consumption trends, with officials confirming adequate supplies of domestic and imported wheat until the next harvest. Additionally, the PTI Kisan Wing welcomed the government’s announcement of a new support price for wheat but urged effective implementation to ensure farmers receive fair rates for their produce.
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Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar convened a cabinet committee meeting on October 22, 2026, to address rising wheat prices in Pakistan. The meeting was attended by several ministers and officials including National Food Security and Research Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain and Climate Change Minister Musadik Malik.

Dar directed federal and provincial governments to take necessary steps to increase market supply and curb hoarding and speculation to control the prices of essential commodities, emphasizing the importance of safeguarding national food security. The committee reviewed wheat stocks, procurement frameworks, domestic consumption, and price trends. They were informed that domestic and imported wheat stocks were sufficient to meet requirements until the next harvest.

The PTI Kisan Wing welcomed Dar's announcement regarding support for wheat farmers but called for an effective mechanism to ensure its implementation.

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ISLAMABAD National Food Security PTI Kisan Wing the PTI Kisan Wing

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Dar PERSON · 2× PTI Kisan Wing ORG · 2× Sadhraich PERSON · 2× ISLAMABAD GPE · 1× Ishaq Dar PERSON · 1× Musadik Malik PERSON · 1× National Food Security ORG · 1× Rana Tanveer Hussain PERSON · 1× Tariq Bajwa PERSON · 1× the PTI Kisan Wing ORG · 1×

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The meeting was attended by National Food Security and Research Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain, Climate Change Minister Musadik Malik, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Tariq Bajwa, the secretaries of the national food security and research and commerce ministries, the chief secretaries of all provinces, and senior officials from relevant federal and provincial departments.
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🔮 He welcomed the announcement but said its significance would depend on whether the government ensured its implementation in letter and spirit.
2026-10-25 · Dawn
Dar orders urgent action to rein in rising wheat prices · assertive framing

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• Calls for increased market supply, warns against hoarding and speculation • PTI Kisan Wing welcomes wheat support price, seeks effective procurement mechanism asserted
Wing → call → mechanism
Expressing concern over rising wheat prices, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday directed federal and provincial governments to take all necessary measures, including increasing market supply, to bring prices under control. asserted
Dar → express → control
Chairing a cabinet committee meeting to review the stocks, prices and supply of essential commodities, Mr Dar emphasised that safeguarding national food security and ensuring the availability of essential items at reasonable prices were government priorities. asserted
safeguarding → chair → prices
The participants reviewed national reserves, procurement frameworks, domestic consumption and price trends. asserted
participants → review → reserves
They were informed that stocks of essential commodities remained adequate, ensuring stability in local supplies. asserted
stocks → inform → supplies
The committee was briefed that domestic and imported wheat stocks were sufficient to meet requirements until the next harvest. asserted
stocks → brief → harvest
Regarding sugar, the committee was informed that its price in the domestic market remained well below the targeted retail price of Rs155 per kg, with surplus stocks available until the next crushing season. asserted
stocks → regard → season
Mr Dar directed federal and provincial authorities to closely monitor market networks, stressing that all organisations must show zero tolerance for hoarding and market speculation. asserted
organisations → direct → hoarding
The meeting was attended by National Food Security and Research Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain, Climate Change Minister Musadik Malik, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Tariq Bajwa, the secretaries of the national food security and research and commerce ministries, the chief secretaries of all provinces, and senior officials from relevant federal and provincial departments. asserted
meeting → attend → departments
Implementation urged asserted
Implementation → urge → ?
In a related development, the PTI Kisan Wing has welcomed the government’s announcement of a wheat support price of Rs4,500 per maund (40kg), while expressing reservations about its implementation and demanding concrete measures to ensure farmers receive the announced rate for their produce. asserted
farmers → welcome → produce
A day earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif set the new indicative wheat support price for 2027, increasing it by Rs1,000 from the rate fixed last year. asserted
Sharif → set → rate
According to a statement issued on Saturday, PTI Kisan Wing Central Secretary Information Khalid Nawaz Sadhraich said the announcement had come after a prolonged wait and persistent demands by farmers’ organisations, which had repeatedly urged the government to protect growers from rising production costs and financial losses. uncertain
which → accord → costs
He welcomed the announcement but said its significance would depend on whether the government ensured its implementation in letter and spirit. asserted
government → welcome → letter
Merely announcing a support price would serve little purpose if farmers continued to be denied the promised rate when selling their wheat, he added. asserted
he → announce → wheat
Referring to previous wheat procurement seasons, Mr Sadhraich said farmers had repeatedly suffered despite government claims and official announcements regarding support prices. uncertain
farmers → refer → prices
“In the absence of an effective procurement mechanism, middlemen and commission agents exploited growers’ vulnerability, compelling them to sell their produce at throwaway prices, often without effective intervention by the relevant authorities,” he said. asserted
he → exploit → authorities
He cautioned the government against repeating these mistakes, saying farmers could not afford another season of financial uncertainty after investing heavily in seeds, fertilisers, pesticides, diesel, electricity and irrigation. uncertain
farmers → caution → seeds
“A support price announced on paper provides no meaningful relief unless farmers can actually sell their wheat at the declared rate,” he added. asserted
he → announce → rate
Mr Sadhraich demanded that the government immediately announce a clear wheat procurement policy, ensuring that it purchased wheat directly from farmers at the announced rate. asserted
it → demand → rate
He said the policy should spell out procurement arrangements and operational procedures and establish an effective monitoring mechanism to prevent exploitation by middlemen and ensure that the benefits reached genuine growers. asserted
benefits → say → growers
He also called for the timely establishment of procurement centres, transparent purchasing procedures and an accessible complaints mechanism so that small and medium-sized farmers could sell their produce without unnecessary hurdles or pressure from market intermediaries. uncertain
farmers → call → intermediaries
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