PM allows 50,000 metric ton wheat export to Afghanistan

May 23, 2008

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has agreed to allow the export of 50,000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan. In a telephonic call from Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the Prime Minister approved export of wheat to Afghanistan as a special gesture for the brotherly country facing problems of wheat supply. Gilani expressed the confidence that relations between the two countries would continue to grow stronger. Issues of mutual and regional interests were also discussed during the meeting.