It can be seen in the video that when people are chasing the vehicle to buy flour. On coming near, they ask for a packet of flour by showing the note. Sharing the video, Professor Sajjad Raja wrote that this is not a motorcycle rally, but people in Pakistan chasing a truck carrying flour, hoping to buy just one packet of flour. Do we have any future in Pakistan? This video is just a glimpse of what is happening in Pakistan.
Armed guards escorting flour trucks
According to a report in The Express Tribune, the crisis is mainly affecting the low-income group. People are standing in long queues for hours for flour. There is a huge shortage of wheat in the retail market. The prices of other food items are also skyrocketing in the country. Armed guards are escorting trucks carrying wheat and flour from unruly mobs. A Balochistan minister says the food crisis in his province could worsen in the coming weeks as wheat stocks have run out in some areas.
Pakistan government buying wheat from Russia
Not only flour, from gas cylinder to home electricity has also become a dream for the common man in Pakistan. The public is demanding the government to intervene and control inflation. Pakistan government is buying wheat from Russia to normalize the situation. Last Tuesday, the first consignment of 35 thousand tonnes of wheat reached Karachi from Russia. Last year’s catastrophic floods triggered a severe food crisis in Pakistan.
