KarachiWheat fell Rs10 a kilo but chapati still costs Rs20.
Rauf Ibrahim, a wholesaler, says workers earning under Rs50,000 spend almost everything on food.
A tandoor owner says cooking gas at Rs500-550 a kilo cancels the saving from cheaper flour.
Millers say mills cut No 2.5 flour from Rs161 to Rs156, but retail stays at Rs170-180.
A second ship, carrying 58,132 tonnes, docks Tuesday, but the new crop arrives only between March and May.
How each outlet framed it
- Dawn
- tracks the gap between falling wholesale wheat prices and unchanged chapati and naan prices, blaming LPG costs for tandoor owners
Sources: Dawn