RAWALPINDI: <\/p>\n
With the start of the new year 2026, inflation-hit citizens have been handed yet another price shock.<\/p>\n
In the open market, red flour has been increased by Rs1,800, raising the price of a 79-kg bag from Rs9,100 to Rs10,900. Similarly, fine flour (maida) has been raised by Rs2,700 per 79-kg bag, increasing the price from Rs9,400 to Rs12,100.<\/p>\n
In response, the All Pakistan Nanbai Association has convened a joint meeting of district and tehsil organisations from six districts of the Rawalpindi Division \u2014 Rawalpindi, Attock, Chakwal, Talagang, Jhelum and Murree \u2014 on January 6 to deliberate another increase in the prices of roti, naan and paratha.<\/p>\n
Association central president Shafiq Qureshi said flour prices have become uncontrollable, terming the sudden increase of thousands of rupees as a cruel measure.<\/p>\n
He added that the subsidised red flour provided by the Food Department in the name of relief is filled with bran and is supplied after days of hardship.<\/p>\n
He said a requisition has already been submitted to the deputy commissioner for an immediate increase in bread prices. He warned that in the upcoming divisional meeting, a complete shutdown strike of tandoors or a unilateral increase in roti and naan prices would be decided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RAWALPINDI: With the start of the new year 2026, inflation-hit citizens have been handed yet another price shock.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[72,113,61,60,103391,4212],"class_list":{"0":"post-226785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-islamabad","13":"tag-latest"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}