New Delhi: People of Pakistan are facing economic crisis, in such a situation people are struggling to get wheat flour, the basic kitchen item. The Express Tribune reported that wheat and flour prices have skyrocketed amid the ongoing crisis in Pakistan. In Karachi, flour is being sold from Rs 140 to Rs 160 per kg. A 10 kg bag of flour is being sold for Rs 1,500 per kg in Islamabad and Peshawar, while a 20 kg bag is being sold for Rs 2,800.
As the people of Pakistan suffer the consequences of inflation and the country grapples with a food crisis, a video shows a man pushing others into open sewage while officials distribute ‘atta’ or wheat flour to people amid the crisis distribute.
In a video that is going viral on social media platforms, a man is seen pushing another man into an open drain to get flour and then turns around and tries to push the other man. He then pushed another person into the sewage while leaving the congested area.
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Mill owners in Punjab province have increased the price of flour to Rs 160 per kg. Balochistan’s Food Minister Zamark Achakzai has said that the wheat stock in the province has been “completely exhausted”.
He said that Balochistan urgently needed 400,000 bags of wheat and warned that otherwise the crisis could deepen. Similarly, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is facing the worst ever flour crisis, as a bag of 20 kg flour is being sold for Rs 3100, as the government has failed to control the price of the stable, The News International told.