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flour price in pakistan

Three Wholesale Sugar Shops Sealed, Four Arrested

Editorial Sep 18, 2023

News Desk Islamabad: Assistant Commissioner (Saddar) and Deputy Director Food made a surprise visit to the wholesale shops in Islamabad’s vegetable market on Monday, sealing three shops and arresting four shopkeepers for involvement in…

Same Bag, Two Prices

Editorial Mar 21, 2023

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: The increase in relief from three to four bags of flour by the government is announced but, at the same time, the price is also increased from Rs 650 to Rs 1158 for a 10 kilogram bag. This is bewildering for an…

Human Rights

Pakistan’s Social Divide

Editorial Feb 17, 2023

Asem Mustafa Awan: Tim Hortan has plans to expand his coffee brand outlets to Lahore after breaking his 61-year sales record in Canada. The long queues of people in the posh Lahore society are in direct contrast to the image of…

Human Rights

Dignity on sale for a bag of flour

Editorial Jan 12, 2023

Asem Mustafa Awan

Islamabad: They are poor. They are hungry. They have very little money even to buy a bag of flour. They suffer indignity of standing in queue for hours to receive a bag of flour at a government rate.

They live

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