Rising inflation has made the wheat flour crisis even more tragic. The price of ordinary snacks like samosa and pakoras are so high that poor people, who once relied on them for filling up their stomachs after fasting, have to make do with leftovers in shops
Pakistan News: Pakistan s year-on-year inflation hit 35.37% in March, the highest since 1965, as the Shehbaz Sharif government scrambled to meet International Moneta
Several people expressed anger over Shehbaz Sharif and ex-President Zardari for holding on to stocks at their storages while people of the country face hand-in-mouth situation due to high food prices
The central bank of Pakistan has also raise the interest rate by 300 basis points to 20% in the first week of March this year to control the inflationary pressure.
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