IslamabadPakistan’s food minister calls the wheat price spike manipulated.
Pakistan will keep up to 6 million tonnes in reserve, and the minister promises no shortage.
The new support price is Rs4,500 per 40kg, Rs1,000 above last year, matching imported wheat’s cost.
The minister expects prices to return to normal within days.
How each outlet framed it
- Dawn
- ties the 6-million-tonne reserve to the Rs4,500 support price and an export plan for next year
Sources: Dawn