Pakistan’s largest wheat producing area is Punjab. About 80 percent of the country’s wheat comes from here. At this time, the movement of wheat from Punjab has been banned uncertain. Due to this, there has been a huge shortage of flour in areas like Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. From the plate of poor families, bread has started disappearing.

The Punjab government says that no official ban has been imposed. According to officials, posts have been installed to keep a close watch on unusual movement, but the reality is that wheat and flour -filled trucks are being stopped at posts and many trains have been seized. The rest of the provinces allege that this policy is a violation of Article 151 of the Constitution, which guarantees free trade across the country.

Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s resentment
According to Don’s report, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have strongly opposed this policy of Punjab. All Pakistan Floor Mills Association said that this decision is unconstitutional and against national unity. Faisal Karim Kundi, Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, described it as a serious violation of national unity. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly has also passed a condemnation resolution on this.

Flour prices rise
The price of 20 kg flour sack in Punjab is about 1800 hundred rupees, while in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, this sack is being sold for Rs 2800. That is, the price has increased by about 68 percent. This has increased the burden of inflation on the general public. People are expressing displeasure over the policies of the government. Pakistan is already facing inflation. Due to poor financial condition, everyday things have become very expensive there. If we talk about the price of flour in India, then at present, the price of 1 quintal (100 kg) flour is Rs 2900, which is the wholesale price. However, in the retail market, its price will be higher according to the kilo.

Price of pulses in Pakistan
According to the report of Pakistani website Zarea, the price of one kilo of lentils in Pakistan is crossing 300 rupees per kg. For example, the price of gram dal is 360 per kg in Pakistani rupees. The price of Mung Dal is Rs 510 per kg. The price of lentil dal is Rs 360 per kg.

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The United Nations has officially declared a famine in Gaza City and its surrounding areas. This is the first time that some place in West Asia is said to be famine. The report of Integrated Food Security Face Classification says that the situation here has become so serious that about 5 lakh people are facing the threat of destructive hunger and death. In such a situation, let us tell you today how much death due to starvation is declared.

When is the famine declared

Three conditions are required to be fulfilled to declare the word United Nations famine.

• In which the first condition does not have enough food with at least 20% of the population of a place.
• At the same time, another condition is that in every 10,000 people, two people are dying of hunger daily, only then a famine is declared.
• Apart from this, the third condition is that more than 30 percent of the children should be malnourished at that place.

When these three conditions are fulfilled, it is assumed that starvation has now reached the situation of broader deaths. At the same time, a famine is declared at any place in such circumstances.

Ghaza’s terrible picture

According to the UN report, Gaza Governor, which is about 20% on the entire strip, has already reached the IPC Face 5 i.e. Famine confirmed level. Here more than half a million people are deprived of food medicines and drinking water. 98% of the agricultural sector of Gaza is either completely destroyed or out of reach. Apart from this, Livestock is over and there is a ban on fishing. In March 2025, Israeli completely stopped food supply in Gaza. There was some relief in May but by then the condition had deteriorated a lot.

UN warning

The UN has said that if there was no immediate ceasefire and human help is not provided to Gaza, then the number of people who died of hunger will increase manifold in the coming weeks. UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres has called it humanity failure and fully man-made disaster.

Israel’s refusal

However, Israel has rejected the United Nations report. Israel’s Foreign Ministry says that there is no famine in Gaza. There has reached a large amount of assistance in recent weeks and the prices of food items have fallen. Israel claims that this report is a document prepared under political pressure.

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