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flag Punjab bans wheat movement, uses geotagging to prevent crisis after flood damage, leading to protests and price drops via recovered stocks.

flag Punjab, Pakistan, has restricted wheat movement between provinces and launched geotagging of stocks to prevent a food crisis after floods damaged farmlands and destroyed reserves in central districts. flag The measures, including a ban on using wheat for animal feed and crackdowns on hoarding, led to price increases in neighboring provinces and protests in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. flag A monitoring committee verified stocks, recovered 334,000 metric tonnes of wheat, arrested 107 individuals, and fined over 12,000. flag Flour mill reserves rose by 165,000 metric tonnes, helping reduce flour prices from PKR 3,800 to PKR 3,000 per 40kg. flag A digital dashboard is being developed to improve oversight, with officials emphasizing long-term supply stability despite short-term disruptions.

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