Due to a surge in price and shortage of wheat flour, a large number of people, including traders and shopkeepers staged protests here, The News reported on Wednesday.
Tens of thousands spend hours daily to get the subsidized bags of flour that are already short in supply in the market. Chaotic scenes are often witnessed as people gather around vehicles pushing each other as the mini-trucks and vans escorted by armed guards go about distributing the flour.
Quetta [Pakistan], October 8 (ANI): Amid the flour crisis for over the past three weeks in Pakistan, several pictures, which reportedly have emerged of a government food warehouse located on Band Road in Pishin district in Balochistan, depicting the possible wheat crisis in the country.
Quetta [Pakistan], September 18 (ANI): Amid the ongoing inflation in the country, Balochistan province is facing a flour crisis for over past three weeks, with mill owners blaming the provincial government for failing to procure the required wheat this year, local media reported on Sunday.
Peshawar [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Flour from Punjab has not been coming to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and other areas, and dealers could run out of stocks in several regions, local media reported.
Karachi [Pakistan], June 24 (ANI): The Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) has announced that all flour mills of the country have stopped supply of the commodity from Wednesday and will close operation from June 30 in protest against the proposed increase in three taxes related to the fl
Lahore [Pakistan], Jan 21 (ANI): Wheat flour price has hiked up to PKR (Pakistani Rupee) 75 per kg for the first time ever in several Pakistani cities amid a serious shortage of supplies, local media reported on Tuesday.