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Pakistan Flour Mills Association’s Progressive group urged the government to adopt a market-driven wheat policy and replace broad flour subsidies with direct assistance for low-income households. The group said shifting procurement rules and selling government wheat below procurement and handling costs distort the market, while noting the Rs4,500-per-maund support price as positive for growers.
Changing procurement and release pricing could alter incentives for wheat production and the amount of subsidized grain reaching mills. The proposal has no immediate price effect, so the near-term implication for wheat prices is neutral.
dawn.comOur Staff ReporterNov 11, 2026After 137 past neutral policy events, Wheat (SRW) moved a median -0.4% over 5 sessions (43% higher; middle half -1.9% to +1.2%), and +0.3% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
