Tag: flour
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Over Rs6.4 billion allocated for Ramzan subsidies: Essential items to be available at reduced rates
The government has earmarked Rs6.484 billion to provide essential food items at subsidised rates through the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) during the holy month of Ramzan.
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Karachi may face flour shortage this week
Karachi is experiencing a crisis in flour supply as a disagreement between the flour mills association and the Sindh Food Department shows no sign of abating, ARY has reported. The chairman of the association stated that 70 per cent of the city’s flour mills have run out of wheat, accusing Sindh government of not reaching…
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Man dies from heat stroke while waiting to collect free flour
A man in Dera Ismail Khan died of a heat stroke while collecting free flour in Baisakhi ground. The deceased’s father, a resident of Zafarabad Colony, informed the authorities that his son, Waqas, fell sick and began vomiting upon arriving home from the collection centre. He was immediately taken to District Headquarters Hospital, where unfortunately,…
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Punjab Flour Mills Association declares indefinite strike from today, halts flour supply
The Punjab Flour Mills Association has declared an indefinite strike from today, disrupting the supply of flour to the market from February 14th. The strike is a response to the suspension of wheat quotas for over 100 flour mills by the Punjab Food Department. The ongoing differences between the Flour Mills Association and the Food…
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Flour mill owners in Punjab threaten to suspend market supplies on February 14
The owners of flour mills have threatened to go on strike, halting supplies to the markets on February 14th, and are demanding that the Punjab food department immediately meet their demands. The Chairman of the Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) Punjab chapter, Chaudhry Iftikhar Ahmad Mattu, has issued a warning of a planned strike on…
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Govt raises ghee price by Rs75 per kg, sugar by Rs19 per kg
The government-run Utility Store Corporation (USC) has increased the price of sugar, flour, ghee, and other food items despite the prime minister’s relief package.
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Flour prices hit record high in Punjab due to inter-provincial smuggling
Owing to increased smuggling of wheat and subsidised flour bags to other provinces, the price of flour in the Punjabi capital increased by Rs5 per kilogramme to Rs140.
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Annual inflation in Pakistan jumps to 38.63% after weekly increase of 0.82%
The sensitive price indicator (SPI) hit an annualised high of 38.63 per cent due to a lack of perishable goods brought on by severe rains, and weekly inflation increased by 0.82 per cent for the seven days ending August 4, 2022. The base for most cooked meals in the country is an onion and tomato. Onions…
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Govt announces Rs3 billion subsidy to provide ghee at discounted rate
The Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb announced on Monday that the government would provide a Rs3 billion subsidy to lower the price of ghee to assist the masses. She told a press conference that the market price of ghee is currently Rs550 per kg, but it is being sold at Rs300 per kg…
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Weekly inflation based on SPI, records a slight decline
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) revealed that the weekly Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the joint consumption group fell 0.26 per cent for the week ending May 26, owing primarily to a drop in the prices of vital food products. The consolidated index was 174.62 on May 19, 2022, compared to 175.08 on May 19,…