Overview
- Hyderabad’s 20kg bag rose from Rs2,400 to Rs2,600, and Peshawar saw up to a Rs200 increase per 20kg bag within a week.
- Flour mills report buying wheat at roughly Rs4,600 per maund, saying controlled retail rates make grinding unviable.
- Industry voices say official wheat releases are concentrated in Lahore, leaving South and Central Punjab tight on supply.
- The Punjab Food Department cites 800,000 metric tons in stock, official prices of Rs905 for 10kg and Rs1,810 for 20kg, record grinding of 32,365 metric tons, and about two million bags supplied on Jan 9.
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa adviser Muzzammil Aslam accuses the federal and Punjab governments of enabling black marketing and demands accountability for procurement and storage.