FCC advises Govt to stock essential commodities
By Fakhar Alam

ISLAMABAD—FCC (Federal Food Committee) has advised government to stock essential commodities to survive any possible food crisis in future.
While briefing media at the PM secretariat, chairman Lt.Gen (Retd) Farooq Ahmad said that recent crisis occurred solely due to mismanagement and bad administration.
He said that Provinces have been directed to rectify their monitoring cell and implement remedies at earliest in order to cope with any unwonted future crisis, regarding five essential commodities.
He assured that adequate wheat stock was stocked for a 41- day supply, while wheat harvest season for Sindh begins on Friday, today; after which things would revert to normal.
He also informed that during the past one week flourmills have been given 31000-ton quota, sufficient for 10 crore masses, while Provinces had objections over being provided with red wheat, after which the Provinces have been promised equal quantities of both wheat types.
Similarly there were some problems being faced by export of wheat from Karachi to rest of the Country, after which the Provinces have been directed to obtain wheat from Karachi in accordance with TCP rates.