New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Pakistan’s rising food import bill is emerging as a major threat to the country’s fiscal stability and economic resilience, exposing deep structural weaknesses in its agricultural and governance systems, a report has said. Latest trade data for the first 10 months of FY2025-26 showed that Pakistan’s food imports surged by 13.81 per cent to $7.848 billion, while exports of raw food products declined by more than 32 percent to $4.19 billion, according to the Business…
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New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Although nearly half of Pakistan’s workforce is engaged in the agriculture sector, the country is becoming increasingly dependent on food imports to feed its population, which reflects the failure of the country’s farm policy, according to an article in the Karachi-based Dawn newspaper.The surge to over $7bn in food imports within nine months of the present fiscal year is difficult to explain for a country endowed with vast arable land, diverse climate and a large …