Government rate determination and implementation mechanism is completely inactive, citizens are suffering in the form of unbridled inflation. Photo: File
Karachi: Food and beverages are being sold at prices higher than the official rate across the city.
Price control committees, inactive magistrates are absent from the public scene, wholesalers have heated up the profiteering market in the name of increase in the prices of petroleum products, price lists are also being exhibited in thrift markets, but arbitrary prices. As recovery continues, wholesalers across the city have been given an open holiday.
The increase in the prices of petroleum products has justified the wholesalers to charge arbitrary prices, commodities, milk, meat, poultry and vegetables are also being sold at arbitrary prices.
Poultry product sellers, milk sellers, bakery owners, vegetable and meat sellers are fixing the prices of their own accord. are doing
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Due to the crackdown on hoarders and the illegal stock of the commodity being exported, flour, dal, sugar is being sold at high prices in Karachi. Milled flour 170, fine flour 160, sugar 170, gram dal 240, white gram 400, cooking oil 530, ghee 500 per kg is being sold.
Chicken meat is being sold at 540 to 580 rupees, beef is being sold at 800 rupees per kg, heifer meat is being sold at 1200 rupees per kg.
The price of potato is fixed at Rs 100, onion is being sold at Rs 70 to Rs 80 per kg, ginger is being charged up to Rs 1200 per kg, garlic is being sold at Rs 500 per kg, cucumber at Rs 120 per kg, tomato at Rs 160 per kg. Other seasonal vegetables are also being sold at 120 to 200 rupees per kg.
Citizens say that the people have no hope of relief due to inflation, the official price list has become ineffective. According to the citizens, the wholesale market is hot in the general markets as well as in the thrift markets, which no one can stop. Petroleum products. After the recent increase in prices, the cost of shipping goods is increasing.
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