logo
welcome
Fact Check

Fact Check

Pakistan PM's niece misquoted on govt's wheat trade in Punjab

Fact Check
Summary
Nutrition label

85% Informative

Maryam Nawaz Sharif is the niece of Pakistan 's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif .

She became the chief minister of Punjab 's agricultural heartland Punjab in February .

She announced a 400-billion -rupee ( $1.4-billion ) package to provide farmers with tractors and machinery.

The Punjab government buys a portion of wheat produced in the province to stabilise market price of the staple crop.