Fuel, wheat push inflation to 11.2%
ISLAMABAD: Inflation surged to 11.2% in August, returning to double digits just after one month,…
ISLAMABAD: Inflation surged to 11.2% in August, returning to double digits just after one month, driven by the government’s policy to fully recover fuel costs and taxes from consumers coupled with provincial failures in ensuring wheat supplies that contributed to higher food prices in the country. The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said on Tuesday…
. The writer is a Senior Economist at The University of Queensland and Lead Author of an Asian Development Bank study on Pakistan’s agribusiness sector Pakistan does not lack agricultural strategies. What it lacks is a credible pathway for turning those strategies into investment, implementation and measurable results. The country’s agricultural challenges are well understood….
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