KP govt kicks off buying wheat from farmers

Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has started buying wheat from the farmers and the provincial food department has set up 22 centres for the purpose.

According to the KP's food minister, the government would be buying wheat from the local farmers at the official rate of Rs3,900 per 40 kg.

He said the committees had been formed to examine the quantity and quality of wheat. It is worth mentioning that farmers across the country have been protesting against the government for not ensuring the official price. They are of the view that the federal and provincial governments have rendered them helpless to be exploited by the market forces.

The prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif has already announced to buy 1.8 million metric tonnes of wheat from farmers.