No flour shortage in KP, Punjab abolished ban on flour transportation, says KP minister.

PESHAWAR -- Provincial Information Minister Shaukat Yusufzai has said that there is no shortage of flour in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, adding that after the contact of Chief Minister KP Mahmood Khan with Prime Minister Imran Khan, the government of Punjab has abolished ban on flour transportation.

Addressing a press conference here on Saturday in Media Cell at Civil Secretariat here Saturday, Shaukat Yousafzai said that on the directives of Prime Minister, the KP government has been allowed to purchase more 0.1 million ton wheat from PASSCO.

He said that after the media reports of flour crises, the Chief Minister contacted PM Imran Khan, who allowed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the purchase of wheat.

Shaukat said that 10 to 12 trucks flour will be provided to the people of different districts on concessional rates on daily basis. He said presently the demand of flour is higher than...