The government of Pakistan is getting ready to lift the ban on Indian wheat import as the country faces a shortfall of one million tons this year. “Islamabad will allow purchase of 0.1 million tons wheat from India to meet the country’s requirements and offset the adverse impact of anticipated crisis due to less than expected production in 2003-04,” official sources said. A senior official in MINFAL said that keeping in view the recent thaw in Pak-India ties, the government was all set to allow import of wheat from India that was hitherto banned. Wheat importers are constantly demanding of the government to allow wheat import from India as it would be acquired from the neighbouring state at very low rates as compared to the other countries due to inflated international prices.
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