Tag: wheat flour
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Weekly inflation in Pakistan spikes above 44%
The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has reported that for the week ending on April 6, 2023, the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation has increased by 0.92 per cent. This rise is mainly due to an increase in the prices of food items such as chicken (15.87 per cent), sugar (13.48 per cent), potatoes…
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Weekly inflation jumps over 46% as wheat flour prices reach all-time high in Pakistan
The price of wheat flour has hit an all-time high, and this has caused weekly inflation to surge by 1.80 per cent week-on-week and 46.65 per cent year-on-year. The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics has attributed this rise in the sensitive price indicator to the increase in prices of several items, including wheat flour, tomatoes, potatoes,…
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PM Shehbaz decides to continue targeted subsidy on five essentials items
Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on Monday decided to continue a targeted subsidy on five essential items — wheat flour, sugar, ghee/edible oil, pulses, and rice — at Utility Stores for the next financial year. The prime minister also approved the expansion of a network of Utility Stores in Karachi. “The small number of Utility…