According to a recent survey by Gallup Pakistan an overwhelming majority of Pakistanis use wheat as their principal staple for both lunch and dinner. However 20% of urbanites frequently use Rice for lunch and 28% use it for dinner. In the rural areas the use of rice is quite infrequent as a daily staple, and even that is mostly at dinner time: 5% of rural households said they usually ate rice at dinner time. These findings have emerged from a survey conducted by Gallup among a nationally representative sample of nearly 2000 households spread all over the four provinces of the country. The respondents included a cross section of various socio-economic and linguistic groups.

The survey was conducted by Gallup Pakistan, the Pakistani affiliate of Gallup International nearly 2000 statistically selected households in both rural and urban areas of all the four provinces of Pakistan. The sample comprised a cross section of various income, education and geographic segments. The text of this report can also be seen on the internet at: www.gallup.com.pk