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Banks reluctant to open wheat LCs

Why don't paks buy wheat from India? Wouldn't be quicker and cheaper to transport ?

More importantly why does Pak have to import wheat? You have fertile Punjab too
 
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or koi hamsaya itna acha nhi hai na :lol:

I guess being the good one does not always pay.. That's why Pakistan is Pakistan and India is India.

Mai waise bhi chup rahnewalon mei se hi hoo. Aap ko ek time pe pasand kiya karta tha toh muh khul geya. Khair jane dijiye, Khuda haafiz..
 
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Why don't paks buy wheat from India? Wouldn't be quicker and cheaper to transport ?

More importantly why does Pak have to import wheat? You have fertile Punjab too

Us pe hum housing societies bana rahey hain.
 
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Banks reluctant to open wheat LCs​

Fear Washington may slap penalty over commodity’s imports from Russia

Zafar Bhutta
December 07, 2022

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistani banks have refused to open letters of credit (LCs) for wheat import from Russia, fearing the United States may impose a fine on them owing to an intense row between the Cold War super powers over the Ukrainian conflict.

Two Pakistani banks have already been slapped with penalties in the US due to regulatory violations. Though Washington has not imposed any sanctions on Pakistan’s trade with Russia, banks are wary of opening LCs for engaging in trade with Moscow.

Pakistani banks have flatly refused to open LCs without making queries about wheat import from Russia, sources close to the developments told The Express Tribune. Now, according to sources, another available option is being explored for bringing wheat shipments from Russia. Pakistan requires supplies of the staple commodity as the recent massive floods have damaged its crops.

A delegation visited Russia a few days ago for negotiations on oil import, which later claimed that Moscow had agreed to supply oil at discounted rates. However, the hesitation on the part of banks in importing wheat has sparked questions about the prospects of oil trade as well.

A Pakistani refinery has also made efforts in the past to purchase oil from Russia. However, the plan could not materialise because of tensions between the US and Russia as Pakistani banks did not open LCs in that case as well.

T h e E c o n o m i c Coordination Committee (ECC) on Monday approved the offer of Russian company Prodintorg for supply of 450,000 tons of wheat at $372 per ton on a government-to-government (G2G) basis at Gwadar Port during shipment period from February 1 to March 31, 2023.

It was decided that any additional cost of inland transportation from Gwadar Port would be borne by Pakistan Agriculture Storage and Services Corporation (Passco), which would be recovered from provinces at the time of release of wheat stock. Earlier, the ECC had approved another government-to-government deal for import of 300,000 tons of wheat from Russia. Prodintorg – a state-owned company of the Russian government – agreed to sell the 300,000 tons at $372 per ton.

Wheat will cost $387 per ton, or Rs89.2 per kilogramme, at a Pakistani port, which is slightly expensive than the domestic production. The government of Pakistan is arranging wheat supplies to build reserves following crop losses in recent floods. Heavy rains and deluge have caused damage to the wheat stock at government warehouses. Owing to the current situation, food security risks may spark concerns in the coming months.

Also, high prices of urea, electricity and other inputs have discouraged farmers from planting wheat crops. A wheat crisis erupted during the tenure of previous Pakistan Tehreeke-Insaf (PTI) government when the middlemen and hoarders stocked up the commodity to inflate its prices. Widespread smuggling to Afghanistan was another reason, which resulted in the disappearance of wheat flour from the domestic market.

Keeping in view the situation faced in the past, the government has been working on building strategic reserves to address any shortage in the future. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced a Kissan package for farmers, who will be charged a low electricity tariff. However, discussions with them revealed that they were paying high taxes of Rs30 per unit in electricity bills, which the government did not waive.

On the other side, the government is importing wheat at higher prices, which is discouraging farmers from cultivating the key crop. Moreover, cotton ginning factories have refused to buy the cotton harvest from farmers, who now have no money to invest in wheat cultivation. This may cause a food security crisis in the country due to lower production of wheat.


Banks are reluctant to open or retire any LCs. Total gridlock at the ports.
 
Shouldn't govt force banks to open LCs considering its staple food import, Not luxury items...
 
Us pe hum housing societies bana rahey hain.
That's is the dumbest thing to do and it burns me up to see how much of that is going on in India too. Effing corrupt officials and pokitic8ans take money and re-categorize land

Does the shades of green below answer your question??

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I see the colors but seeing how accurately it goes along the national border, to me it seems more like artificial coloring. Or are you saying somehow your side of Punjab is not fertile ? (Not challenging, just want to understand)
 
I guess being the good one does not always pay.. That's why Pakistan is Pakistan and India is India.

Mai waise bhi chup rahnewalon mei se hi hoo. Aap ko ek time pe pasand kiya karta tha toh muh khul geya. Khair jane dijiye, Khuda haafiz..
ab hum ne konsa murder ker diya ? LOC per khamoshi hai ahi nandan apn bbewi bahoon ke sath sukhi ji raha hai . ab konsa aap ker diya hum ne jo apko passand nhi ?
 
That's is the dumbest thing to do and it burns me up to see how much of that is going on in India too. Effing corrupt officials and pokitic8ans take money and re-categorize land


I see the colors but seeing how accurately it goes along the national border, to me it seems more like artificial coloring. Or are you saying somehow your side of Punjab is not fertile ? (Not challenging, just want to understand)

1. I'm Indian.

2. I just took a screen shot from Google map (satellite view) a few seconds before I posted that image. You can google map yourself and see.

3. Not about fertility of the land, but about the way agriculture is being pursued, construction of real estate etc. Both side is similar in fertility.
 
ab hum ne konsa murder ker diya ? LOC per khamoshi hai ahi nandan apn bbewi bahoon ke sath sukhi ji raha hai . ab konsa aap ker diya hum ne jo apko passand nhi ?

Koyi nehi Bahi, Bus jaha zaroorat nehi, India ki buraiya na ghaseeta karo tussi. Baaki 90% to karte hi hai, bus aap ko shobha nehi dete hain.

Jaha India ka baat chal raha hota hain, us thread me jam ke buraiya karein, humko kharab nehi lagega.
 
Koyi nehi Bahi, Bus jaha zaroorat nehi, India ki buraiya na ghaseeta karo tussi. Baaki 90% to karte hi hai, bus aap ko shobha nehi dete hain.

Jaha India ka baat chal raha hota hain, us thread me jam ke buraiya karein, humko kharab nehi lagega.

Are you Bengali?
 
That's is the dumbest thing to do and it burns me up to see how much of that is going on in India too. Effing corrupt officials and pokitic8ans take money and re-categorize land


I see the colors but seeing how accurately it goes along the national border, to me it seems more like artificial coloring. Or are you saying somehow your side of Punjab is not fertile ? (Not challenging, just want to understand)
our faujis dig holes pour some cement and voila a house is produced! thats the only difference btw your and our punjab!
 
This is what you end up with the combination of Bajwa, Asim, Naveed Anjum and imported sarkar.
 
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