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