KABUL - The government of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has imposed a ban on the movement of wheat flour to Afghanistan with immediate effect, a media report said on Monday.
In a letter to different government departments and administration of the districts bordering Afghanistan, the provincial authorities said the ban was driven by a domestic wheat shortage.
In response to a request from the KP Food Department, the director food requested the deputy commissioners of eight districts to immediately impose Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, banning the transportation of wheat flour to Afghanistan.
He said there was already a ban on the export of wheat and wheat flour to Afghanistan. The list of executive staff of the KP Food Department for the establishment of check-posts at exit points has also been shared with the deputy commissioners.
Last week, National Food Security and Research Secretary Dr. Hashim Populzai informed the Senate that a proposal to import wheat was being mulled. (Pajhwok)