The unending food crisis may take a turn for the worse owing to an estimated poor wheat yield in Pakistan. According to Business Recorder (April 18), "the wheat output is likely to fall to 20-22 million tonnes as against the target of 24 million tonnes, necessitating imports of nearly 3 million tonnes this season.' Last year Pakistan had to import 1.7 million tonnes of wheat because of an acute shortage of this essential commodity. The Yousuf Raza Geelani government is worried as imports, too, may not help it much with the food prices rising alarmingly all over the world. Pakistan has been listed among the 36 countries that face a serious food availability problem, and if the crisis deepens "people may raid storage facilities for food'. According to Daily Times (April 20), the common man's "frustration reaches its peak when he hears our politicians explaining that the