Gandum Daraamad Karne Ka Zimma Dar Kon?? Maria Memon Ki Khusoosi Report

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00:00In this country, farmers have been rolling on the streets for the past few days.

00:04Their wheat is ready, but the government is not ready to buy it.

00:07And they are not ready because the wheat import that started during the Nigrahan government,

00:12which continued even during the current government,

00:15is now in surplus.

00:17And now the farmers are protesting by keeping their wheat.

00:20An inquiry committee has been formed.

00:22And what are the results of this inquiry committee?

00:25We would like to present them to you.

00:27Mr. Mujtab was the chairman of this committee, who is a member of the Public Service Commission.

00:31And what is said in this report?

00:33It is said in this report that in the initial inquiry report,

00:35the farmers have been held responsible for the unnecessary import of wheat.

00:39The monitoring committee, consisting of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Commerce,

00:43had to stop the unnecessary import.

00:46In the report, some of the orders of Mehmai Khurag Punjab and PASCO were also denied.

00:51According to the report, despite having 43 lakh metric tons of wheat in the world,

00:56a total of 3.5 lakh metric tons of wheat was imported.

00:59Wheat was imported from Rs. 2600 to Rs. 2900 and sold for Rs. 4700 per month.

01:06According to the document, the illicit import of wheat was stopped.

01:11The permission to import wheat was to be given up to 1 million metric tons,

01:15but it was made unlimited.

01:17The Ministry of Treasury also did not check such a large import of wheat.

01:22The import of wheat began on 26 September 2023 and continues till 31 March 2024.

01:31When the government was asked how the wheat surplus happened,

01:36they said it should not have happened.

01:38It is unfortunate.

01:39We have informed the committee.

01:40We are waiting for the result.

01:44The inquiry committee has given a report today,

01:46in which all the facts have been told.

01:48It is really unfortunate.

01:50It should not have happened.

01:54Is it enough to say that it is unfortunate?

01:57Not at all.

01:58A country is going through a huge economic crisis.

02:01People do not have food.

02:02And even in such a situation, Sharafiya is not giving up.

02:06Wherever she gets her hands, she is committing fraud.

02:10Is this the first time in Pakistan that wheat surplus has occurred?

02:13We want to show you some news.

02:15In the past few years, there has been a crisis.

02:19Inquiry committees have been formed, but no one has solved it.

02:22And every year, we stand again in the midst of the wheat crisis.

02:26Let us show you what happened in 2023.

02:29In 2024, there was a wheat crisis.

02:32In 2023, there was also a wheat crisis.

02:34And even then, in the presence of wheat surplus,

02:38a wheat crisis was created.

02:40And everyone was asking each other, why is this happening?

02:43This is a matter of 9th January.

02:44Even then, there was a crisis.

02:46And we are standing where we were a year ago.

02:48Not only this, let's go back to 2022.

02:51Even then, there was a wheat crisis.

02:53And Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa refused to accept the government's proposal.

02:58Even then, buying wheat, selling wheat, all these matters,

03:02there was a dialogue on this issue.

03:04This is the news of 20 October 2022.

03:06That is, this has been happening in the past three years.

03:09Has this happened before?

03:10Yes, it has happened.

03:12Don't be surprised.

03:13This was the problem in 2021.

03:15And what was it?

03:16There was a wheat shortage in Pakistan.

03:18And at that time, I remember,

03:20it was forbidden to invite more than 25 people for a feast.

03:24So, these were the news at that time.

03:28There was a shortage at that time as well.

03:31Let's come to 2020.

03:33Maybe we thought that in 2020, this shortage should not be there.

03:36This should be managed better.

03:37At that time as well,

03:39wheat was allowed due to the increase in wheat prices.

03:45So, governments change, years change.

03:48The price of wheat remains stable,

03:50remains consistent.

03:51In the fate of the people of Pakistan,

03:54the price of wheat has been written.

03:56Let's go to 2019.

03:58Was the situation of wheat managed better then?

04:01Not at all.

04:02At that time as well,

04:03wheat and wheat prices were being discussed in Sindh.

04:06And at that time as well,

04:07there was a shortage of wheat in some parts of the country.

04:09Let's go to 2011.

04:11Let's go a little further back.

04:12Were we managing the shortage of wheat 10 years ago better?

04:17And now this is a recent occurrence,

04:18in which this crisis has come up again.

04:21Not at all.

04:22In 2011 as well,

04:23there was a shortage of wheat in Pakistan.

04:26The farmers were worried.

04:28And at that time as well,

04:29it was said that there are abundant reserves of wheat in Pakistan.

04:34The better production of wheat crops

04:37has reduced the prices of wheat in the market.

04:41So, I have shown you different newspaper charts of the past 12-13 years,

04:45in which the current situation in Pakistan is something else,

04:48the government is of someone else,

04:50political governments have changed.

04:52But one thing that is consistent,

04:54one thing that is absolutely stable,

04:57one thing that we have seen in this,

04:59there has been no change at all,

05:00and that is the wheat shortage.

05:02In the past 11-12 years,

05:04we have not even learnt to manage the wheat shortage.

05:08And again this year,

05:09the wheat shortage is in front of us.

05:12Whose responsibility is this?

05:14It is obvious that why would anyone be willing to take responsibility?

05:17Because this is a matter of vote bank,

05:19this is a matter of bad publicity.

05:21So, the government of Wifaq says that it is the fault of the caretakers,

05:25whereas the caretakers say that it is not their fault.

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