Lahore, July 11 -- Pakistan is facing mounting concerns over its wheat supply after officials, industry representatives and provincial authorities warned of a significant production shortfall, prompting renewed calls for large-scale imports to prevent a food security crisis, as reported by The Express Tribune.

According to The Express Tribune, a meeting of the Wheat Board, chaired by Federal Minister for National Food Security Rana Tanveer Hussain in Islamabad, focused on the country's shrinking wheat reserves and the widening gap between production and demand. Participants from flour mills, grain traders, farmer organisations and the Cereal Association estimated that Pakistan could face a wheat deficit of more than 3.5 million tonnes. ...