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Pakistan flour crisis worsens; prices skyrocket amidst wheat shortage, sta
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
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.
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Flour rate rises to Rs 150 per kg in Pakistan's Rawalpindi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A 15 kg bag of wheat is being sold for Rs2,250 in the city, a part of Pakistan's Punjab province.
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Power Crisis, frequent load shedding continues to trigger protests in Gilg
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
On December 31 and January 1, Gilgit Baltistan Youth Committee organised the protest as the people in the illegally occupied region of Gilgit-Baltistan have been facing a severe power crisis with up to 21 hours of power cuts, causing problems for all businesses and institutes.
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Pakistan government increases prices of wheat flour, sugar, ghee in utilit
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The price of sugar under the new rates has increased to Rs89 per kg from Rs70 per kg, an increase by 27 per cent. The price of ghee has increased to Rs375 per kg from Rs75 per kg. The Wheat flour price has increased to Rs64.8 per kg from Rs40 per kg, a 62 per cent increase.
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Awami Action Committee stages protest against cut in wheat quota, impositi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The protestors alleged that the Pakistan authorities arrested the Chairman AAC, Fidah Hussain and several other AAC leaders, who were protesting "peacefully".
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Flood situation in Pakistan may threaten food security: Report
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 17 (ANI): Pakistan is staring at a possible food crisis as the production of wheat in the upcoming Rabi season is expected to drop owing to low-profit margins that are forcing farmers to look out for alternative crops, according to a media report.
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Pakistan to import 2 million MT wheat from Russia with cash
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI): Pakistan is set to import two million metric tonnes (MT) of wheat from Russia with cash payment amid the continuing sanctions on Moscow that have made trade difficult with the Vladimir Putin government.
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Climate change adds fuel to an imminent wheat crisis in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 11 (ANI): As Pakistan grapples with an acute economic crisis, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has released climate summaries that indicate that climate change in the country is leading to an acute wheat shortage accompanied by food and water scarcity.
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Pakistan: PM Sharif directs Punjab govt to enhance wheat procurement
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the Punjab government to enhance wheat procurement and asked food security officials to import the commodity if necessary, Pak media reported.
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Pakistan faces severe wheat crisis due to Russia-Ukraine war
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 25 (ANI): The ongoing Russian-Ukraine war has posed a threat to Pakistan as an acute wheat crisis looms over the country. Most of the imports arrive from the Black Sea region, one of the four top wheat production areas.
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Pakistan: Widow alleges police harrasment for moving court in her husband'
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): The widow, whose husband was killed in an alleged fake encounter in Jhang city of Pakistan, said that the police are harassing her for seeking registration of a murder case against them, including a sub-inspector, involved in the fake encounter case.
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Pakistan faces acute wheat shortage, barely enough to last through April e
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 12 (ANI): Pakistan's Finance Ministry confirmed that there is an acute shortage of Wheat in Pakistan and asserted that the wheat stocks in the country stand at 3.3 million tons which is barely enough to last through the end of April given annual demand of 30 milli
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