Islamabad and Rawalpindi residents are experiencing some extraordinary inflation as 20-kg flour bag with an increase of Rs720 now reached Rs1520 in capital, a record link all-time high price in a week, Pakistan Statistics of Bureau (PSB).
The price of a 20-kg flour link bag link was around Rs800 but now it is only available with inflated prices.
Twin cities are not different from the rest of the country and in Rawalpindi, the 20-kg flour link bag link price increased by Rs706.67 in a week.
The same flour link bag link was up by Rs600 in Faisalabad, Rs590 in Peshawar, Rs530 in Multan, Rs520 in Bannu, Rs500 in Bahawalpur, Gujranwala and Sialkot.
In Sindh the prices were slightly up Rs60 in Sukkur, Rs40 in Hyderabad, and while in Balochistan metropolitan capital Quetta the flour link prices were increased by Rs20 per 20-kg bag link.