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Minister reiterates govt’s priority to reduce taxes on essential food items

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27.04.2025

ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain has said that the quality of Pakistan’s agricultural products continues to improve and reiterated the government’s priority to reduce taxes on essential food items to ease the burden on consumers.

“There should be no tax on basic food products,” he said, pointing to efforts aimed at curbing food inflation and ensuring affordability.

“Access to sufficient and quality food is a fundamental right of every citizen,” Rana Tanveer said while discussing ongoing and future collaborative initiatives with Director Agri-Food, David Laborde of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations on........

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