Balochistan Flour Crisis
Pakistan: Flour crisis continues in Balochistan
Quetta, Pakistan: The Balochistan region of Pakistan continues to face a flour crisis with the mill owners continuing to blame the provincial government for failing to procure the required wheat this year.
According to details, the prices of flour have skyrocketed in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan while the commodity was not available in most shops across the province, Pakistan Observer reported.
Meanwhile, a 20-kg bag of flour was being sold from Rs 2,380 to Rs 2,500. Earlier on September 13, flour mill owners blamed the provincial government for the ongoing flour crisis in the province, alleging that the food department failed to procure wheat according to the requirement for this year, the newspaper reported.
Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) Balochistan chapter representatives said there was a huge gap between the demand and supply which created the crisis.
They said flour mill owners were being blamed for the crisis, while in reality, the provincial government has imposed an inter-provincial and inter-district ban on the transportation of wheat during the harvesting season.
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