The grinding flour price

In Sindh, flour has become so exorbitantly expensive that the poor are left bewildered, wondering how they will feed themselves. It is the very staple that sustains the lives of millions of underprivileged people. The government gives them nothing else, yet now even their flour has been snatched away. Caught between poverty on one hand and inflation on the other, the needy of Sindh find survival itself increasingly difficult.

Flour is one of the fundamental necessities of human life. In every village, every city, and every household of Sindh, the kitchen stove burns only when there is flour in the house. It is therefore deeply tragic that the rising storm of inflation has pushed the poor and helpless into such agonizing circumstances. The soaring price of flour is not merely the inflation of a single commodity; it has become a story of hunger, helplessness, and tears for countless impoverished families.

When the price of flour rises in the market, its greatest impact falls on those who toil all day yet still cannot arrange two square meals for their children. Electricity, gas, petrol, medicines, and other daily necessities are already growing costlier by the day, and now the dearness of flour has extinguished the stoves of the poor. For a daily-wage laborer, satisfying their children’s hunger has become a monumental ordeal.

Against this backdrop, the responsibility of the state becomes impossible to ignore. Providing the basic amenities of life to the public is the primary duty of any government. Food is a fundamental human right, and ensuring that right is the state’s responsibility. If a citizen, despite hard work, is helpless even to buy flour, then the question must arise: why are the benefits of policies designed for public welfare not reaching the common man?