{
  "id": 13651248,
  "title": "Punjab CM approves Rs 10 billion subsidy for cheap flour",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/punjab-cm-approves-rs-10-billion-subsidy-for-cheap-flour",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T05:18:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1565714/punjab-cm-approves-rs-10-billion-subsidy-for-cheap-flour/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has approved a Rs10 billion subsidy to provide affordable flour to the people. This decision was made in response to a sharp rise in flour prices across the province.\n\nThe provincial government has also decided to increase the official wheat quota for flour mills and raise the wheat supply rate to Rs3,800 per maund. According to ProPakistani, Maryam Nawaz expressed anger over the rising flour prices and described the burden of inflation on the people of Punjab as \"extremely painful\".\n\nFlour prices have surged across Pakistan, with a 20-kilogram bag rising by up to Rs400 in one week, reaching different prices in various cities, including Karachi, Peshawar, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Sialkot, Multan, Lahore, Faisalabad, and Sukkur, as reported by ProPakistani.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ProPakistani",
        "title": "Punjab Approves Rs. 10 Billion Subsidy for Affordable Flour",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/punjab-approves-rs-10-billion-subsidy-for-affordable-flour",
        "published": "2026-10-10T12:36:14.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}