Over 90 trailers carrying wheat cargo reach Karachi.

KARACHI -- Around 90 trailers carrying wheat cargo, have reached Karachi on Tuesday to address the wheat flour shortage in Sindh.

Provincial food department will issue the wheat quota to flour mills by providing 21,000 bags to millers, sources said.

According to reports, flour mills are providing Dhai (2 1/2) number variety of flour in markets with government supplied wheat at Rs 43 per KG, while the Fine flour being sold at ex-mill rate of Rs 57 per kilogram.

Various varieties of flour were earlier being sold in Karachi's markets at 64 and 66 rupees per kilogram.

The provincial government has fixed Rs 43 per kilogram ex-mill price of the wheat flour and ordered action against the profiteers amid the flour crisis and inflated rates of the commodity.

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Sunday announced that the government will overcome the crisis in Sindh by Tuesday or...

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