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Posts Tagged ‘hoarders’

Fake Flour Crisis Looming Large

By Ali Khan • May 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics

When today, I gave myself a break from “yearning for justice” and went to buy flour, I got shocker my life, as despite of roaming about the whole locality and then half of the city, I was unable to find a single bag of flour.
Small-time shopkeepers showed me despair and their inability, while the big [...]



Flour Crisis Rooting Out

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • May 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

One of many prime responsibilities of the government is to supply flour to the people at affordable prices everywhere in the country through either utility stores or through the general markets.
Along with the ample supply of the flour, government needs to keep a strict check on smuggling and hoarding of the flour. The inter-provincial ban [...]



Can Rangers Tackle the Hoarders and Smugglers?

By The Pakistani Spectator • Jan 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics

In Kamra, citizens attacked utility store and ran away with bags of flour. In Kohat, ladies captured a truck full of flour bags and distributed the bags among the whole village. In Karachi and Nawabshah, various incidents have been reported where people just snatched the flour after waiting for days in long lines and with [...]