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title: "National Assembly committee recommends higher wheat support price"
description: "Most outlets led with the National Assembly Standing Committee's recommendation to set the minimum support price of wheat at Rs 5,000 per 40 kg or above. Associated Press of Pakistan also highlighted the call for a uniform subsidy for farmers, while Daily Times briefly mentioned the subsidy without specifying it as uniform. Both excerpts focus on the financial details and policy implications of the recommendation."
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# National Assembly committee recommends higher wheat support price

business · updated 2 Oct 2026, 7:29 AM PKT · 1–2 Oct 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the National Assembly Standing Committee's recommendation to set the minimum support price of wheat at Rs 5,000 per 40 kg or above. Associated Press of Pakistan also highlighted the call for a uniform subsidy for farmers, while Daily Times briefly mentioned the subsidy without specifying it as uniform. Both excerpts focus on the financial details and policy implications of the recommendation.

## Same story from 3 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Dawn** — [NA body seeks Rs5,000 wheat support price for Rabi season](https://www.dawn.com/news/2034136/na-body-seeks-rs5000-wheat-support-price-for-rabi-season) · 2 Oct 2026, 7:29 AM PKT
  > ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee has recommended the federal government to fix the minimum support price of wheat at Rs5,000 per 40kg or above for the 2026-27 Rabi season, and called for a uniform subsidy mechanism for farmers across the country. The National Assembly Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research, which met on Thursday under the chairmanship of Syed Tariq Hussai...
- **Daily Times** — [NA panel recommends Rs 5,000 per 40kg wheat support price](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1561253/na-panel-recommends-rs-5000-per-40kg-wheat-support-price/) · 2 Oct 2026, 6:03 AM PKT · 87% identical wording to the newest filing
  > The National Assembly Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research on Thursday recommended fixing the minimum support price (MSP) of wheat at Rs 5,000 per 40 kg or above, while calling for a uniform subsidy mechanism for farmers across the country. The committee met with Syed Tariq Hussain in chair, and also stressed that […]
- **Associated Press of Pakistan** — [NA body recommends Rs 5,000 per 40kg wheat support price, uniform subsidy for farmers](https://www.app.com.pk/business/na-body-recommends-rs-5000-per-40kg-wheat-support-price-uniform-subsidy-for-farmers/) · 1 Oct 2026, 4:44 PM PKT · 91% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD, Oct 1 (APP): The National Assembly Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research on Thursday recommended fixing the minimum support price (MSP) of wheat at Rs 5,000 per 40 kg or above, while calling for a uniform subsidy mechanism for farmers across the country. The committee met with Syed Tariq Hussain in chair,...

## Part of a bigger story

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- [Kissan Ittehad Demands Rs5,000 Support Price for 40kg of Wheat](https://harzaviya.com/stories/10132-farmers-threaten-to-skip-wheat-sowing-without-rs-5-000) · 23 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 75% related
- [Pakistan Announces Increased Wheat Support Price for 2027](https://harzaviya.com/stories/16053-pm-shehbaz-proposes-rs4-500-per-maund-wheat-price-for-2027) · 25 Oct 2026 · 12 outlets · 2 developments · 75% related
- [Sindh government approves additional funds for wheat farmers](https://harzaviya.com/stories/9064-sindh-approves-rs-16-billion-to-support-wheat-growers) · 18 Sep 2026 · 3 outlets · 72% related

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