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Let Them Eat Cake

01.14.08 | by sepoy | 5 Comments

Of course, one needs flour to make cake. The Dictator Formerly Known As The General recently opined that the flour crisis is not real and that the cost of flour in Pakistan is, in fact, cheaper than neighboring countries. Let it be noted that the price of flour in Pakistan is 3 or 4 times the normal rate and that is only if you can find any. The things are so dire that army troops are guarding wheat shipments. I wonder if our informed commentator, Fareed Zakaria, was served cake while having tea with Musharraf.

5 Comments

  1. On 01.14.08 Desi Italiana:

    OMG, no flour? How to make rotis?

    And I am panic-stricken to know whether it’s wheat flour and/or gram flour… if it’s the latter, how the heck should one make pakoras???

    I would like to add, though, that an astrologer in Pakistan predicted long ago that the flour price was going to sky-rocket around this time period. It’s due to Shani’s position.

  2. On 01.15.08 The Acorn » Anger over wheat flour:

    [...] yesterday, Pakistani paramilitary forces have been assigned new duties (via Chapati Mystery). Troops from the Pakistan Rangers—generally used for various internal [...]

  3. On 01.15.08 Hassan Abbas:

    I also posted abt the same situation on my Blog. Please check it here

  4. On 01.15.08 Faisal.K:

    Interesting Blog

    However Flour is available here.. albeit at the prices u have mentioned… agree on the beloved leader going nuts..

  5. On 01.16.08 Akbar:

    Re Let them eat cake.

    Published on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 by CommonDreams.org
    Skinny Kids: Economic Indicator
    by Allan Nairn

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