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Pakistan's food riots, anarchy
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Recently, a Pakistani journalist had a rare outburst on Twitter cursing her grandfather for making the decision to choose Pakistan over India during partition...A testimony to the diverging fortunes of the two South Asian NationsOne nation, a thriving democracy heralded as a bright spot in t
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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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Pakistan: Food supply at risk as banks reluctant to open letters of credit
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The inability of banks to open LC's despite the State Bank of Pakistan's (SBP) directives about import facilitation, poses a threat to the supply of food, as well as, could escalate price pressures and create a shortage of medications.
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PoK on the verge of food riots as it grapples with flour shortage
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) is on the verge of food riots as large parts of the region, including Bagh and Muzaffarabad, are facing an unprecedented flour shortage with people holding Islamabad and the PoK government squarely responsible for the acute food shortages.
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Rising food prices may prompt unrest in poor countries: WTO Director-Gener
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], March 25 (ANI/Sputnik): World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said that food price growth that's happening as a result of the situation in Ukraine may prompt unrest among undernourished people in poverty-stricken countries.
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Food riots in Venezuela claim 4 lives
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], Jan 15 (ANI): At least four people have died and 16 others got injured after riots broke out in Venezuela's Merida state over food shortages.
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