The Lahore High Court (LHC) sought a response from the federal government on May 14 on the various petitions filed to fix the new price of wheat.
A two-member bench headed by Justice Ali Baqer Najafi heard the plea of the advocate Bilal Ahmed.
The petitioner took a stand that according to the reports, the federal government imported 35 million tonnes of wheat despite having four million metric tonnes of wheat.
Due to the federal government's import of wheat, the national treasury lost Rs1 billion.
The Punjab government has maintained the same price of wheat as it was last year.
The monthly fee percentage has been increased but the rate of farmers was not increased.
The petitioner prayed the court that the government be ordered to fix the new price of wheat.
