Flour price reduced in Sindh after govt releases wheat to mills.

KARACHI -- The flour price has reduced up to Rs10 per kilogram in Karachi's open markets after the Sindh government released subsidised wheat quota to the flour mills, media reported on Monday.

In the open market, the rate of per kilogram of wheat went down from Rs130 to Rs120. According to the Karachi Wholesale Grocers Association, the prices of chakki and fine flour were also reduced.

The chakki flour price is reduced from Rs160 to Rs150 per kg.

Citing the acute shortage of flour and rising prices, the Sindh government released the subsidised wheat quota to flour mills which reduced the flour price up to Rs10 per kilogram in Karachi markets.

The provincial food department released the wheat quota to the flour mills and chakki owners today. Flour mills have been given 97,000 tonnes of subsidised wheat...