Sky-rocketing prices of chicken irk Rawalpindi residents

RAWALPINDI: After the shortage of wheat flour and sugar, which raised prices of the commodities another crisis is looming with the hike in chicken prices in Rawalpindi.

After wheat flour and sugar, sky rocketing prices of chicken has irked people of Rawalpindi.

The price of broiler chicken has jumped to Rs200 per kg from Rs125. Market sources said broiler meat is being sold at Rs350 per kg in retail. The prices of wheat flour and sugar are already on te rise adding to misery of the consumer.

Sugar registered a surge of Rs10 per kilogramme in the past week, the wholesale rate of the commodity rose from Rs64 to Rs74 per kg and an acute shortage surfaced in the country. Sugar traders’ association officials had claimed that the ‘speculation mafia’ has sparked the hike in sugar prices. The commodity is being sold in Lahore at Rs80 per kg. It has become difficult for the common man to buy sugar.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 26^th, 2020.