Pakistan, April 16 -- Food inflation is at an all-time high, and, therefore, any relief intended to make affordable bread more accessible has become the loudest and most pressing demand.

Although knives are out and experts seem ready to attack the Punjab Chief Minister's emphasis on reducing the rate of roti and naan in a bid to "bring more ease in the lives of people" as a gross simplification of the welfare model, no one can deny that Sharif family's previous such schemes played a phenomenal role in cementing their support base in Punjab.

So much so that after criticising schemes like langarkhanas and slashed roti prices as "populist steps" for years on end, their vehement critic Imran Khan proceeded with going down the same route. No...