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Pakistan: Flour prices skyrocket in Quetta, residents demand relief
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Flour rates in Quetta continue to defy expectations of a slowdown, piling fresh misery onto households already buckling under record inflation. Surveys show that the commodity, central to nearly every meal, is steadily drifting further from the grasp of ordinary buyers. Traders in different
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Pakistan: Government inefficiency sparks province-wide bakery shutdown in
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Bakers in Peshawar have begun an indefinite strike against a ban on flour transport from Punjab and delays in issuing new price lists. The Nanbai Association says soaring flour prices and administrative action have made business unsustainable and demands immediate government intervention.
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Neglect, poor governance worsen wheat flour crisis in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Wheat stocks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's government warehouses are rotting while flour prices soar, reaching PKR 3,000 for a 20 kg bag. Civil society leaders and traders blame government inaction and hoarding, warning of severe food shortages this winter if the situation isn't addressed.
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Political incompetence fuels Pakistan's looming food emergency
Updated : 7 months, 2 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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Record flour prices expose Pakistan's governance failures in Balochistan
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Balochistan is facing an unprecedented food crisis, with flour prices skyrocketing to Pakistani Rupees 2,300 for a 20-kilogram bag, placing a basic household staple out of reach for thousands of families already battered by historic inflation, the worsening situation has highlighted glaring
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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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Unrest in PoK over Pakistan's negligence
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
There has been growing unrest in the regions of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir over Pakistan's negligent attitude towards the region.
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Pakistan: Amid skyrocketing inflation, people in Karachi buying ‘most expe
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
As the flour prices in Pakistan’s Karachi scaled a new peak of Rs 3200 per 20 kilogram — meaning 1 kg flour costing Rs 320 — the people in the region are perhaps purchasing the ‘most expensive’ flour in the world.
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Pakistan: Sugar, flour prices soar once again in Balochistan
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Many districts of poverty-struck Balochistan are witnessing a rise in the prices of sugar and flour once against.
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Pak: Flour prices to spike as govt, millers lock horns over movement of wh
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
As the food department continued to take action against the unauthorised movement of wheat on Friday, it became apparent that the dispute between the provincial government and the flour millers over the shunting of wheat to Karachi from interior parts of the province may increase the price o
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Pakistan's current situation most difficult in last 2 decades: Report
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In December, 2022, inflation in the country stood at 24.5 per cent, almost double of 12.3 per cent from the previous year, the report said, adding that the common people were the most affected by the high flour prices amid the country's worst-ever food crisis.
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Pakistan: People chase wheat truck on bikes as food crisis deepens
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In a video shared on social media, some people riding a motorcycle are seen chasing a truck carrying sacks of flour, and people can be seen chasing the vehicle to buy the lot. One of the chasers coming closer to the wheat truck shows the note and asks for a packet of flour.
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