PESHAWAR: Once more rising dramatically in the capital city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, flour prices are worrying consumers already weighed down by inflation.
According to details, Market sources report that the price of a 20-kilogram bag of mixed flour has risen by Rs. 150 over the previous two days; it now sells Rising from Rs. 2,000, at Rs. 2,150. A 20-kg bag of fine flour has likewise seen a Rs. 100 rise, reaching Rs. 2,300.
The Flour Dealers Association blamed the price rise on limits on wheat and flour movement from Punjab, a major provider to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Chairman of the Pakistan Flour Mills Association, Badruddin Kakar, has asked the Punjab government to quickly relax the traffic limitations and eliminate check posts. Obstructing the free flow of wheat and flour are these factors.
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Kakar cautioned that flour prices could increase further if the problem is not fixed rapidly, worsening the food affordability situation for low- and middle-income families.
