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Wheat mismanagement triggers flour crisis in Pakistan
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The situation is complicated in Rahim Yar Khan, where families are struggling to cope with daily price shocks, as reported by The Express Tribune.
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Flour crisis deepens in Pakistan as corruption stalls wheat supply
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to reports, flour mill owners have refused to lift government wheat stocks, citing alleged demands for illegal payments by officials of the Food Department, which has further aggravated the crisis, The Express Tribune reported.
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Flour millers protest Sindh's wheat policy, allege subsidy favouring trade
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Flour mill operators have expressed their dissatisfaction with the Sindh government's inconsistent approach of providing a restricted wheat quota to millers under the Wheat Food Policy for FY25-26, while offering an unrestricted supply to traders, as reported by Dawn.
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Pakistan: State mismanagement triggers looming flour shortage in twin citi
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to The Express Tribune, an urgent meeting convened to address the crisis, senior leaders of the Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) sharply criticised the authorities for creating instability instead of resolving long-standing issues. The session, chaired by Chief Patron Tariq
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Pakistan: Punjab's wheat ban pushes Rawalpindi and Islamabad to the brink
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The move has prompted the Flour Mills Association to announce the suspension of flour distribution from Monday, raising alarms of an impending food emergency in Pakistan's twin cities, as reported by The Express Tribune.
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Political incompetence fuels Pakistan's looming food emergency
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Pakistan's wheat management system is once again caught in disarray, reflecting a troubling mix of policy paralysis and administrative failure. In an attempt to rein in surging flour prices, the Sindh cabinet recently approved the release of 1.265 million tonnes of wheat to flour mills at Rs
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Pakistan: Punjab curbs wheat movement, launches geotagging to avert crisis
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Punjab has imposed wheat movement restrictions and launched geotagging of stocks to prevent shortages after floods destroyed crops, Dawn reported. Authorities cracked down on hoarding, boosting flour mill reserves and lowering wheat prices from PKR 3,800 to PKR 3,000 per 40kg, as protests er
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Pakistan: Punjab's wheat movement ban sparks flour crisis, provinces prote
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Punjab's curbs on wheat movement have caused flour shortages and soaring prices in other provinces. Critics call the move unconstitutional and against deregulation, while Punjab defends it as essential for food security. KP and Sindh have condemned the restrictions, urging federal interventi
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AAP workers protest in Delhi, criticise Modi government's handling of PoK
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The workers from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday staged a demonstration at the footbridge near Modi Flour Mills at Okhla in the National Capital, criticising the Modi government on how they handled the situation with Pakistan in relation to the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
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Tirupati Prasadam row: Special Investigation Team inspects flour mill wher
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Special Investigation Team (SIT) officials on Monday inspected the flour mill in Tirumala, where ghee is stored and tested in the lab before being used in laddu prasadam.
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Pakistan: Flour mills postpone nationwide strike
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Pakistan Flour Mills group has decided to postpone its strike after sources suggest that the deadlock between the group and the government has come to an end, reported ARY News on Saturday.
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Pak grapples with flour paucity amid millers' strike
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Chairperson of PFMA, Asim Raza said that the measure has made flour mills withholding agents for tax collection. He said the tax is expected to increase flour prices by Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 8 per kg
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