{"id":64841,"date":"2020-04-30T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T05:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=64841"},"modified":"2020-04-30T10:19:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T05:19:16","slug":"export-of-edibles-banned-to-secure-national-food-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/export-of-edibles-banned-to-secure-national-food-supply.html","title":{"rendered":"Export of essential edibles banned to secure national food supply"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The federal cabinet on Tuesday banned the export of all edible items with an aim to secure a sufficient supply of food for the local market amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown in the country, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-seeks-itfcs-help-to-boost-exports.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pakistan seeks ITFC\u2019s help to boost exports<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the cabinet granted three more weeks to the inquiry commission for conducting a forensic audit of recently reported sugar and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-relief-utility-stores-get-200000-metric-tonnes-wheat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> wheat <\/a>scams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Information Shibli Faraz revealed that Prime Minister Imran Khan was of the view that the export of essential food items should be banned until the coronavirus situation had been neutralized \u2014 in an attempt to secure adequate food supply within the country. However, the minister added that Afghan transit trade would still continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-permits-bulk-food-import-for-supply-to-afghanistan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pakistan permits bulk food import for supply to Afghanistan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, the Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior Mirza Shahzad Akbar had said that three more weeks were needed in order to prepare the aforementioned forensic report (originally due on April 25). Reportedly, the authorities concerned did not find it feasible to audit all the sugar and wheat mills under the ongoing lockdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The federal cabinet on Tuesday banned the export of all edible items with an aim to secure a sufficient supply of food for the local market amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown in the country, according to news sources. Read: Pakistan seeks ITFC\u2019s help to boost exports In addition, the cabinet granted three more weeks to the inquiry commission for conducting a forensic audit of recently reported sugar and wheat scams. Minister of Information Shibli Faraz revealed that Prime Minister Imran Khan was of the view that the export of essential food items should be banned until the coronavirus situation had been neutralized \u2014 in an attempt to secure adequate food supply within the country. However, the minister added that Afghan transit trade would still continue. Read: Pakistan permits bulk food import for supply to Afghanistan Previously, the Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior Mirza Shahzad Akbar had said that three more weeks were needed in order to prepare the aforementioned forensic report (originally due on April 25). Reportedly, the authorities concerned did not find it feasible to audit all the sugar and wheat mills under the ongoing lockdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":63188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15153],"tags":[27649,27648],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64841","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-trade","8":"tag-export-of-edibles","9":"tag-export-of-essential-edibles-banned-to-secure-national-food-supply","10":"cat-15153-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Export of edibles banned to secure national food supply - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The federal cabinet on Tuesday banned the export of all edible items with an aim to secure a sufficient supply of food for the local market\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/export-of-edibles-banned-to-secure-national-food-supply.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Export of edibles banned to secure national food supply - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The federal cabinet on Tuesday banned the export of all edible items with an aim to secure a sufficient supply of food for the local market\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/export-of-edibles-banned-to-secure-national-food-supply.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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