Flour prices in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have shot up fast over the last two months. Not long ago, people were paying Rs. 75 for a kilo—now it’s Rs. 145. That’s after Punjab stopped sending wheat and flour across the border.
If you look at what people actually buy, a 20-kilogram bag of flour is now Rs. 1,250 more expensive than it was just eight weeks back. Bakers aren’t holding back either; they’ve bumped up the price of roti. A regular 150-gram piece now costs Rs. 30 at tandoors all over the province.
Everyone’s pointing to Punjab’s move to block wheat and flour shipments to other provinces. That decision has thrown supply chains off balance, and now people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are feeling the pinch with prices climbing across the board.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government didn’t waste any time—they sent an official letter straight to the Punjab Food Department, demanding that Punjab lift its transport ban right away. After a meeting led by Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, they made it clear: this ban is hitting people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa hard. Most of their wheat and flour come from Punjab, so the impact is huge.
Now, markets in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are running low on supplies. People have to pay almost twice as much for flour, and local mills are struggling just to keep going.
The letter didn’t just stop at complaints. It laid out a side-by-side comparison of wheat and flour prices in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, showing exactly how things have changed since the ban.
The government also pointed to Article 155(1) of the Constitution, reminding Punjab that provinces are supposed to help each other out, especially when it comes to moving basic necessities like wheat and flour.
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