Father of six killed in stampede whereas in queue for sponsored flour

A forty five-year-old man, a father to 6 youngsters, died after restricted availability of flour sparked a stampede at a authorities store in Mirpur Khas in Pakistan’s Sindh. 

New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 8, 2023 01:23 IST

Flour costs in Pakistan have hit an all-time excessive after the inventory of subsidised flour dwindled available in the market. (File picture)

By Subodh Kumar: A forty five-year-old man, a father to 6 youngsters, died after restricted availability of flour sparked a stampede at a authorities store in Mirpur Khas in Pakistan’s Sindh.

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Flour costs in Pakistan have hit an all-time excessive after the inventory of subsidised flour dwindled available in the market. The cause behind the disaster is attributed to the mismanagement between the meals division and the flour mills and the scarcity of wheat provide from Punjab.

The flour disaster has intensified throughout Pakistan with flour costs touching file highs, forcing residents to face in lengthy queues at designated utility shops to purchase subsidised flour. The endeavour to get low cost flour price a person in Mirpur Khas his life.

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The scenario is identical throughout Pakistan with each area reeling below the acute flour disaster. In Lahore, a 15kg flour bag is being offered for Rs 2,050 now, after the rise of Rs 150. So far, the worth of a 15kg flour bag has seen an increase of Rs 300 in simply two weeks. Whereas, within the open market, the costs stay unchanged, reported ARY News.

According to Pakistan English every day The Frontier Post, flour costs broke all information as a 20kg bag of flour reached Rs 3,000 for the primary time within the historical past of Pakistan.

As per the report of the Bureau of Statistics, flour is being offered for as much as Rs 150 per kg in Karachi as a 20kg bag of flour has turn out to be costlier by Rs 400 in a latest week. The statistics of the federal government confirmed {that a} 20kg bag of flour in Hyderabad reached Rs 2,880, Quetta Rs 2,700, Sukkur Rs 2,700, and Peshawar Rs 2,650.

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Till Friday, in response to the Frontier Post, a bag of flour is as much as Rs 1,295 in all main cities of Punjab, together with Lahore and Islamabad.

Due to the suspension of wheat provide from Punjab, the worth of a 20kg bag of flour in Peshawar has elevated to Rs 3,000.

Flour scarcity continued in Balochistan as the worth of a 20kg bag of flour stood at Rs 2,800 on Friday. As per particulars, the worth of flour skyrocketed in Quetta and different components of Balochistan whereas the commodity was not out there in most retailers throughout the province. The 20kg flour bag is being offered for Rs 2,800 now, which was Rs 2,300, until per week in the past within the province. People have been combating amongst themselves in Balochistan to get a sponsored bag of flour.

In Khyber Pukhtunkawa, individuals have been working pillar to publish to get their arms on a subsidised flour bag, the present going price of which Rs 1,200 whereas a flour of the same amount within the open market prices Rs 3,100.

Edited By:

Raajnandini Mukherjee

Published On:

Jan 8, 2023