Pakistan: Flour prices skyrocket in Quetta, residents demand relief

Balochistan [Pakistan] February 16 (ANI): Flour rates in Quetta continue to defy expectations of a slowdown, piling fresh misery onto households already buckling under record inflation. Surveys show that the commodity, central to nearly every meal, is steadily drifting further from the grasp of ordinary buyers.

Traders in different parts of the city are selling a 50-kilogram bag for roughly Rs 6600 to Rs. 6800,