Published on, Sept. 15 -- September 15, 2025 12:00 AM

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb vowed on Sunday that the government would not allow traders to carry out artificial inflation and would take action against hoarding and arbitrage, as experts warn of a looming food supply chain disruptions caused by devastating floods in Pakistan's Punjab province.

Floods in Pakistan's Punjab, also referred to as the country's breadbasket province, have wreaked havoc since late August, killing over 104 people and affecting more than 4.5 million people. Deluges have inundated thousands of fields of standing crops such as rice, sugarcane and vegetables.

Economists and traders have warned that the floods, which are now moving downstream toward the s...