Karachi: With the arrival of Ramadan, the price of fruits started to skyrocket, the Commissioner Karachi issued the official price list of fruits, in which the prices of fruits were set lower than normal days.
The official price list of fruits has become a mountain of three, the official price has a number of three digits, which is not possible to implement even under the current financial and payment system. The official price list is not displayed on fruit stalls across the city and fruit vendors are selling at arbitrary prices.
In the official price list, the price of the first grade banana was set at 173 rupees per dozen, but due to the lack of season, the first grade bananas are being sold at 250 rupees and more, while the second grade bananas are sold up to 200 rupees per dozen compared to the official price of 153 rupees. have been.
The official price of first grade papaya is fixed at Rs 133, however first grade papaya is selling at Rs 250 and second grade papaya at Rs 180 to Rs 200 compared to the official price of Rs 118.
Commissioner Karachi fixed the price of guava at 108 rupees, while in the market, guava is being sold at a minimum price of 150 and first grade guava at 200 rupees per kg. The official price of Cheko was fixed at Rs 133 per kg, but Cheko is being sold at Rs 200 per kg, second grade up to Rs 150 per kg.
In the official price list, the price of local golden apple has been set at Rs 192 and second grade at Rs 172, while in the market, golden apple is selling at Rs 250 for first grade and Rs 200 for second grade.
Commissioner Karachi has set the price of first grade melon at Rs.93 and second grade at Rs.73 while in the city, first grade melon is selling at Rs.200 and second grade at Rs.120 to Rs.140 per kg. In the official price list, the price of watermelon is fixed at 153 rupees per kg, but watermelon is being sold at 180 to 200 rupees per kg in the city.
The official price of Iranian dates has been set at Rs 403 for first grade and Rs 383 for second grade, however Iranian dates are being sold at Rs 550 to Rs 600 per kg at the retail level.
The price list also fixed the price of kino and seasonal but this price is kept lower than the season of kino seasonal which shows that the list market trend, rather than taking into account the supply and demand balance of cold rooms. I was prepared sitting down.
On the other hand, the city administration is usually unable to stop illegal profiteering during Ramadan.
Commissioner Karachi has fixed the price of beef at 600 rupees per kg with bones and 700 rupees without bones, but across the city beef is being sold at 650 to 700 rupees and boneless meat at 850 rupees per kg.
Similarly, the official price of heifer meat has been fixed at Rs 750 bone-in and Rs 900 boneless, while bone-in heifer meat is being sold at Rs 900 and boneless meat at over Rs 1,000 across the city.
Commissioner Karachi fixed the price of goat meat at 1400 rupees per kg, but since last one year, goat meat has been selling at 1700 to 1800 rupees per kg, which has reached to 2000 rupees per kg these days.
The official price of chicken meat has been set at Rs 570 per kg, but chicken meat is being sold at a minimum of Rs 650 per kg across the city.
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