ISLAMABAD: Controversy over rice export disruptions to European countries dominated discussions during a National Assembly panel’s meeting on Friday.

The meeting was discussing a calling attention notice moved by MNA Sharmila Faruqui, which disclosed that the European Union (EU) had intercepted 104 consignments of ‘substandard’ rice from Pakistan in 2024, which resulted into a significant financial loss to the national exchequer.

During the meeting of the Standing Committee on Commerce held with Mohammad Jawed Hanif Khan, MNA reviewed various alerts issued by the European Union after it found excess pesticide residues in rice........

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