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As the flour crisis gets worse, prices for flour rose to all-time highs in a number of Pakistani cities.
According to details, the worse flour crisis brought on by the lack of wheat in Punjab caused flour prices to reach record highs, selling at Rs. 150 per kg in Lahore, Sukkur, and Peshawar.
Over the past twenty-four hours, a 20 rupee per kg increase in flour prices has resulted in long lines of people waiting to purchase subsidised flour at designated utility stores.
The price of flour In Faisalabad has become Rs 145 per kg after the raise of Rs 20 per kg, however in Lahore, flour is selling at Rs 150, similarly, in Sukkur Rs 125 per kg, and the cost per kg flour in Karachi is between Rs 150 to 160 per kg.
Due to the suspension of wheat supply from Punjab, the price of a 20 kg bag of flour in Peshawar has increased to Rs 3,000. Despite the wheat price fixed at Rs 3,000 per maund, the Punjab government supplied wheat to flour mills at Rs 2,200 per maund.
In Multan, a government-subsidised flour bag of 10 kg is being sold at Rs 648, similarly, a 20 kg flour bag is being sold at Rs 1,295, while the price of a 15 kg bag of fine flour has increased from Rs 1,800 to Rs 2,000.
On the other hand, the Sindh government is taking measures to ensure the availability of flour across the province.
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah presided over the meeting of the Sindh Cabinet and approved to buy of 300,000 tons of wheat from Pakistan Agriculture Storage and Services Corporation Limited (PASCO).
The Chief Minister directed to start the preparation of wheat purchase in February, the stock of 300,000 tons of wheat purchase will be completed till the sowing of the new wheat crop.