Pakistan, July 18 -- The recurring sugar crises in Pakistan have become less of an economic aberration and more of a systemic betrayal. Every few years, the country finds itself grappling with surging prices, empty shelves, political blame games, and hollow promises of reform. What should be a staple commodity-readily available and affordable to every household-has been transformed into a lucrative instrument of manipulation, mismanagement, and profiteering. This time, the crisis has re-emerged with even more ferocity. Retail prices of sugar have spiked to a staggering Rs 210 per kilogram, while domestic stocks have dwindled despite a harvest season that should have ensured supply sufficiency. Behind the scenes lies a cocktail of bad poli...