PUNJAB’S unannounced ‘ban’ on interprovincial wheat movement is creating flour shortages leading to price spikes in KP and Sindh. What Punjab officials describe as ‘check-points’ to curb ‘unusual’ wheat movement is actually being viewed as a de facto ban by the other provinces. The move has drawn criticism from flour millers and politicians from provinces heavily reliant on Punjab for wheat supplies and food security. Flour mill owners have rightly argued that the curbs on wheat movement go against Article 151 of the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of interprovincial trade. The PPP’s governor in Peshawar has called the........

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