Wheat Crisis In Pakistan

 If the flour crisis in the Pakistan isn't controlled, the bread won't be accessible even for twenty-five rupees.

In Pakistan, the trend of skyrocketing wheat and flour costs is being seen yet again. Flour costs are increasing day by day across the country and this can be touching folks.

As per the Bureau of Statistics, the value of flour has exaggerated by regarding 3% (2.81 percent) within the last week of Dec, which clearly means the value of a twenty metric weight unit bag of flour has exaggerated by a minimum of two hundred rupees on. has exaggerated up to throughout winter, matters in several areas is that if the force per unit area of the home is low, then one has got to intercommunicate with the kitchen appliance, whereas a roti from the kitchen appliance isn't accessible for fewer than twenty-five rupees.

Despite being an associate degree agricultural country, for the past 2 years, the Asian nation has been betting on wheat imports to satisfy its desires.

Wheat may be a staple food in Asian nations and every Pakistani consumes a mean of 124 metric weight units of wheat annually.

Are provincial governments responsible?

The central has placed the matter on the provinces as this downside or crisis is made by the mill's associations and also the provincial governments. per the govt, deciding the costs of flour together with storage and providing to flour mills additionally falls underneath the jurisdiction of the provincial governments.

BBC has spoken to the federal ministers in Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's cupboard and representatives of flour mills associations on this issue and tried to grasp the crisis and the way to finally get out of this downside.

Before understanding this crisis, it ought to be unbroken in mind that a gathering was controlled in, could this year underneath the place of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, within which matters like wheat production within the country, current reserves, and consumption at the provincial and national levels were thought of.

During this meeting, the target of the total production of wheat this year was set at a pair of large integer twenty-nine hundred thousand metric tons whereas the expected production is up to a pair of large integer twenty-six hundred thousand metric tons. the entire consumption of wheat at the country level was calculable at thirty million metric tons.

The meeting presided over by the Prime Minister was told that the geographical region has achieved ninety-one.66%, Sindh 49.68%, Balochistan fifteen.29%, and PASCO 100% in terms of procurance of wheat at the govt level.

Because of the low production of wheat compared to the native demand, the federal cupboard approved the import of three million wheat into the country. It ought to even be noted that last year twenty million metric plenty of wheat was created within the country, however, this production was but the domestic demand, therefore Asian nations ordered a pair of million plenty of wheat from abroad.

Now we all know the purpose of the Flour Mills Association in this crisis.

There is a government of various parties within the provinces, wherever the political pull is presently current. Chairman Asim Raza, Chairman All Asian nation Flour Mills Association, told the BBC that the govt is giving flour at Rs 2300 per minute, however, the official value isn't solely Rs thirty-three per metric weight unit nowadays. I used to be obtaining and nowadays the value has reached 4350.

He aforementioned that the govt supply that's happening to the mills is low. for instance, Bolachistan isn't giving wheat up to 2 hundred thousand tones per month, whereas Sindh ought to issue Rs. three hundred thousand tones. per them, there are twenty-one tones in geographical region. I have seven thousand tones of an issue nowadays. per Asim Raza, if all the provinces create a distinction, then it's 10 thousand tones daily, which implies one hundred thousand sacks. as a result of this, all the burden involves the open market, which is why they need tons of wheat within the province. there's a government of the parties, there's a surgical process in Sindh, and there's a PTI government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, geographical region, and Bolachistan. they assert why ought to tend to provide it. ”He aforementioned that the federation ought to offer wheat to the provinces so the provinces don't have any more quota. rather than saving wheat from it, it must be discharged so that the market can return to traditional. The second major answer is to permit the personal sector to import wheat, we'll have it between Rs 3300 and Rs 3400. If we tend to bring it, the market can mechanically fall from 4300 to 3400.'

Shahid Afridi's Eldest Daughter Aqsa got Nikkahfied.

 

Shahid Afridi's Eldest Daughter Aqsa got Nikkahfied.

Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board interim selection committee chairman and former national cricket team captain Shahid Khan Afridi's elder daughter Aqsa got married.

Shahid Afridi, Shaheen Shah Afridi can also be seen present in the ceremony in the video of Aqsa Afridi's marriage to a man named Nasir Nasir, which is circulating on social media.

Yesterday, the gathering event planner shared pictures of Aqsa Afridi's Nikah digital card and mehndi event preparations on social media.

It should be noted that Shahid Afridi's second daughter Ansha Afridi is related to fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, whose marriage will take place on February 3 next year.

 

Argentina's currency notes will feature Lionel Messi's image.

The World Cup win made Messi more popular among the public.

The image of the world's greatest footballer, Lionel Messi, will now appear on the currency notes of Argentina.

Lionel Messi, who already has a huge following in Argentina, has become even more popular after his country won the World Cup after 36 years, with the Argentine nation still celebrating after defeating France in Doha on Sunday.

According to foreign media reports, Argentina's central bank is considering printing the image of national hero Lionel Messi in his glorious glory on currency notes. Images of 1,000-peso currency notes bearing Messi's image are also circulating on social media, but the Argentine government or the central bank has not confirmed or denied the issuance of the note with Lionel Messi's image.

It should be remembered that the Argentina team defeated France 2-4 in a penalty shootout in the final of the Football World Cup played in Qatar.

35-year-old Lionel Messi not only scored seven goals in the mega event but also in important matches like the final, he played an important role in the success of his team by scoring two goals and one goal on a penalty kick, Messi as the player the tournament won the Golden Ball Award.

Winter solstice

Winter Solstice:

Today 22nd December will be the longest night of the year while the shortest day will be around 14 hours of the night and 10 hours of the day. The night between December 21 and 22 will be the longest night. Day length will start increasing from December 23.

US President signs same-sex marriage bill into law

 US President signs same-sex marriage bill into law.

According to foreign news agencies, a signing ceremony for the same-sex marriage bill was held in the South Hall of the White House, attended by thousands of people, on the occasion of which Biden signed the bill.

According to reports, President Biden has called the American same-sex marriage law an important step.

The news agency says the Respect for Marriage Act does not guarantee the right to marry, requiring states to recognize same-sex marriages on their lines.

 Car sales increased in November, which model sold more?

Vehicle sales increased compared to October

During the last month of November, an increase in the sale of vehicles was seen, the main reasons for which are said to be the increase in the delivery of vehicles according to the booking, and the availability of CKD. According to the data of the Pakistan Auto Manufacturers Association, car sales recorded a 36 percent increase in November compared to October.

A total of 18 thousand 391 cars from various companies were sold in November, compared to 13 thousand 502 cars sold in October.

Sales of small cars were the highest

According to the data of the Pakistan Auto Manufacturers Association (PAMA), last month, sales of cars less than 1000 cc recorded the highest increase of 74 percent, while the second place was sales of cars above 1300 cc, 22. the percentage increased, sales of 1000 cc cars saw a decline of 2 percent, on the other hand, sales of vehicles in the LCV, van, and jeep categories increased by 24 percent.

Suzuki topped the list in terms of selling the most cars

In November, Pak Suzuki topped the list by selling 12,400 cars, recording a 55% increase in its monthly car sales.

Honda car sales rose 38 percent while Indus vehicles were down 4 percent in November.

Saazgar Engineering Works also saw a significant increase of 63% in vehicle sales.

Ravi's sales were the highest

Pak Suzuki's Ravi car sales increased by 83% in November, Bolan sales also recorded 80% growth while Alto sales recorded 74% growth.

Honda BRV and HRV sales also stood at 464, only 54 units of this model were sold in October.

According to the report, sales of Hyundai Nishat's Sonata and Elantra fell by 25 and 45 percent respectively, while sales of tractors also recorded a decline of 34 percent.

According to auto industry sources, investor interest in booking new vehicles has waned, due to which the pace of price growth has also slowed down.

On the other hand, companies are starting to deliver according to the booking, which is increasing sales.

Sources say that the demand for small cars is increasing due to high oil prices and high car prices.