ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has recorded 16 deaths in stampedes occurred at different points since the government has started free distribution of flour bags as consumer price inflation has surged to all-time high level. The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, in its report, said: “CPI inflation General, ...

One person was killed and eight others injured during a stampede for free flour in inflation-wracked Pakistan on Thursday, the first day of the holy month of Ramadan. The price of basic food items has rocketed in recent months, with inflation at a near 50 year-high as the country grapples with a ...

KARACHI – Millions hit hard in the country’s financial capital Karachi as the price of flour jumped by Rs20 per kg, which will put more pressure on the cost of living amid record inflation. Reports in local media quoting data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics claimed that flour prices in ...

Following Lahore, the price of flour jumped by Rs20 per kg on Sunday in Karachi which will put further pressure on the cost of living. In this backdrop, the 10 kg flour bag rate has been fixed at Rs1,300 as compared to Rs1,100 per bag. Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) confirmed the new ...

*LAHORE: Flour millers on Friday jacked up the price of flour in Punjab after the closure of the provision of wheat on the government’s quota. * The 20-kilogramme flour bag is being sold at Rs1300 in Punjab, said Chairman Pakistan Flour Mills Associations, Asim Raza. The recent increase has ...

ISLAMABAD- The officers of Rawalpindi District Administration have been directed to ensure supply of 20 kg flour bag at 860.According to a District Administration spokesman, the administration had made arrangements to ensure availability of 20 kg flour bag at Rs 860 retail price fixed by the Punjab ...

ISLAMABAD- Minister for Power Omar Ayub says the agreement signed with the Independent Power Producers will reduce circular debt and strengthen the country economically.He said this while  addressing the Hi-Octane 97 Euro -V petrol   launching ceremony in Islamabad on ...

ISLAMABAD- Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz Wednesday said the present government was taking all possible steps to reduce the prices of flour, sugar and other daily use items.          Addressing a press conference here, the ...

ISLAMABAD-Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that sale of sugar and flour in excess of government rate will not be allowed across the province. In a statement issued from Lahore today, he said that administrative measures should be taken to ensure availability of flour and sugar in ...

ISLAMABAD-Prime Minister Imran Khan presided over a meeting in Islamabad on Monday to review prices and availability of wheat and flour in the country. All provincial secretaries briefed the meeting through video link.