KARACHI: The recent decision by the Sindh Cabinet to reduce the wheat issue price to Rs8,000 per 100kg bag from Rs9,500 has come too late to prevent the ongoing surge in flour prices, already a burden on consumers in recent months due to rising wheat costs in the open market.

The new price, approved as part of a revision to the Wheat Release Policy for FY26, aims to ease pressures on flour mills, chakkies, and traders, but its impact on retail flour prices will take time to materialise.

A sub-committee was constituted to........

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