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Pakistan: Flour prices skyrocket in Quetta, residents demand relief
Updated : 2 months, 1 week 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 flour curbs squeeze KP bakers as Peshawar threatens protest
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Bakers in Peshawar plan to protest Punjab's curbs on flour movement, saying prices have surged while bread rates remain fixed. The Nanbai Association called the restriction illegal, cited inflation and power outages, and demanded the ban be lifted, new prices issued, and raids stopped.
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Wheat mismanagement triggers flour crisis in Pakistan
Updated : 4 months, 1 week 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 millers protest Sindh's wheat policy, allege subsidy favouring trade
Updated : 5 months 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, 1 week 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 movement ban sparks flour crisis, provinces prote
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks 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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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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Pakistan: Flour crisis worsens due to government inaction
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Amid the worsening flour crisis in Pakistan, the essential commodity is being sold in the black market making it very difficult for the common people to arrange proper food, The News International reported on Friday.
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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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Flour Mills Association of Pakistan announces indefinite shutdown of all m
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Chairman of the Flour Mills Association Chaudhry Aamir in a press conference said that the flour mills will be forced to go on strike from 7 pm on Thursday because the food department has cheated them.
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Pakistan: Woman dies at free wheat flour point in Muzaffargarh
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The rescue officials identified the woman as Jannat Mai who appeared to be above the age of 60 years.
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