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Pakistanis struggle for wheat flour in holy month of Ramzan
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
It is happening all the time now. As Ramadan proceeds, a huge rush, sometimes ending in stampedes, at food distribution sites is a common sight. In Karachi, 12 people - women and children - died recently, as they tried to get their hands on sacks of free wheat flour.
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Long queues show desperation of many as 'fight for food' continues in Paki
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
As inflation in Pakistan continues to remain high, long queues for food showcase the desperation of citizens of Pakistan as making ends meet under depleting sources of income is becoming quite tricky, Dawn newspaper reported.
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Inflation, unorganised distribution of free flour blamed for stampede in P
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Heart-wrenching scenes were witnessed at the mortuary of the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital on Friday as the bodies of those who had been killed in the stampede in a SITE factory were lying over stretchers and their relatives were mourning their death.
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Flour crisis hits people in Pakistan hard during Ramzan
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Scores of people have suffered injuries and millions have been coming back to their homes without a fistful of wheat flour.
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Pakistan: Stampede breaks out in Swabi during distribution of subsidised w
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Residents said that mismanagement marred the distribution of subsidised flour. Riaz Khan said people queued up for flour outside the THQ offices and a stampede occurred when they jumped the queue. He said many people attempted to get more flour.
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