ISLAMABAD: To address raising inflation and poverty in Pakistan, an international organization of overseas Pakistanis has come forward to help out middle and lower middle class families by launching a project to sell flour at Rs.20 per kg.
The project is being launched in Karachi and Islamabad initially, and is likely to be extended to other cities gradually.
Speaking to reporters here at National Press Club, the founder and Chairman of “I am Pakistan Worldwide Movement”, Syed Ahmed Ali said that inflation is skyrocketing in Pakistan while rising price of flour has deprived the common man of the right to have two meals a day. Realizing that wheat flour is staple food in the country, IMPakistan Movement has decided to sell flour in Pakistan at only Rs.20 per kilogram.
Syed Ahmed Ali said that free distribution of flour was not being done because many people did not accept charity. “The campaign is being run purely to help middle class families”, he added.
According to the Chairman of the organization, initially 100,000 kg of flour will be sold daily in Islamabad and Karachi.
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