Flour prices in Pakistan hit all-time high,

QUETTA (Dunya News) – In light of artificial price hikes and hoarding of wheat across Balochistan, Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo on Saturday directed the authorities concerned to speed up actions to control wheat prices and hoarding.

CM Bizenjo while issuing directives to commissioners and deputy commissioners to deal effectively with the wheat and flour crisis said that strict action should be taken against those who create an artificial shortage.

He also directed the food department to curb across-border wheat smuggling. While a monitoring desk under the charge of the Balochistan Additional Secretary has also been established to review daily actions.

Earlier,

All records of flour prices were broken as a 20 kg bag of flour reached Rs3,000 for the first time in the history of Pakistan.

According to the 24News HD TV channel, the citizens of Karachi are forced to buy the most expensive flour in the country.

As per the report of the Bureau of Statistics, flour is being sold for up to Rs150 per kilogram in Karachi as a 20 kg bag of flour has become more expensive by Rs400 in a recent week in Karachi.

The statistics of the government showed that a 20 kg bag of flour in Hyderabad reached Rs2,880, Quetta Rs2,700, Sukkur Rs2,700, and Peshawar Rs2,650.

The price of a bag of flour in Khuzdar is up to Rs2,400 and in Larkana Rs2,600 per kg.

A bag of flour is up to Rs1,295 in all major cities of Punjab including Lahore and Islamabad.