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• Millers raise rates by up to Rs38 per kg since March
• Consumers paying far above official prices as crackdown fails to curb surge
KARACHI: Despite a decline in transportation costs following a sharp fall in diesel prices and the arrival of the new wheat crop in March-April, flour millers have continued to shock consumers by repeatedly raising flour prices.
Since March, millers have increased the prices of various flour varieties by Rs30-38 per kg, undermining the Sindh government’s claims of strict vigilance against flour price manipulation and wheat hoarding. The city administration, meanwhile, has largely remained a silent spectator.
