Wheat procurement issue: Punjab to issue Kisan cards to farmers

Lahore: The Punjab government has decided to issue Kisan Card to give relief to the farmers while refusing to purchase wheat.

The government has made it clear in the Punjab Assembly that wheat cannot be purchased in the current situation, the government will give Kisan Card to give relief to the farmers.

On the other hand, opposition leader Malik Ahmed Bachhar said that the government killed the farmers economically by not buying wheat. Why has the wheat scandal not been investigated yet? By importing wheat, the treasury was hit with Rs11.37 billion.

It is pertinent to note that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had suspended the Managing Director (MD) and General Manager (GM) Procurement of Pakistan Agricultural Storage & Services Corporation (PASSCO) for negligence in the wheat procurement process.

A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Shehbaz Sharif regarding the demand, supply and purchase program of wheat, in which he inquired why a mobile application was not designed for the process of purchasing wheat.

The Prime Minister suspended the Managing Director and General Manager Procurement of PASSCO for not following the instructions regarding the use of technology in the wheat procurement process and for being negligent.