Pakistan witnessing 2.37m tonnes wheat shortage: Minister

Islamabad: Pakistan's Minister for National Food Security and Research Tariq Bashir Cheema has said the country is enduring a net wheat deficit of 2.37 million metric tons (MMT) during the current year.

Pakistan: PoK residents protest over shortage of wheat

Muzaffarabad: A large section of people in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) recently demonstrated over shortage of wheat and even hold Islamabad and the PoK government squarely responsible for the acute food shortages.

Shortfall of 3m tonnes in wheat production feared, Pakistan PM Sharif informed

Islamabad: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif has been informed that the government is bracing itself for another wheat shortage as output is estimated to fall short of the target for this year by almost three million tonnes, media reports said on Sunday.