MITHI: Rise in the prices of wheat flour has multiplied miseries of already inflation-hit people in all parts of the desert district as according to details gathered by this reporter on Wednesday, people are forced to buy flour at Rs60 to Rs65 per kilo, more than Rs18 to Rs25 higher as compared to price fixed by the government.

People in Mithi, Islamkot, Nagarparkar, Diplo, Kaloi and other towns and areas deplored that steep rise in prices of the staple food item had created crisis for them. They demanded the high-ups of the Sindh government to take strong notice.

On the other hand, flour millers claimed that they were not being provided with the required quality of wheat as per the quota, adding that they held the officials of the food department responsible for the alarming situation in one of the most vulnerable districts facing food insecurity.

Death anniversary

The 33rd death anniversary of peasant leader Mohammad Fazil Rahu would be observed in Rahuki on Jan 17, said Sindh Minister for Agriculture Mohammad Ismail Rahu on Wednesday.

He said at workers’ meetings in different areas of the district that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman and other leaders would attend the event to pay tribute to his father, who was killed in 1987 in Golarchi town.

The minister said that not only the party leaders, but poets and writers from various parts of the country had also been invited to attend the literary session to highlight the struggle of his late father for the downtrodden people.

Published in Dawn, January 16th, 2020