Grocery prices go up in Quetta

QUETTA: Vendors in Quetta have hiked prices of edible items, violating the price list issued by the district authority, consumers complained on Saturday.

The Price Control Committee had fixed the price of mutton at Rs850 and beet at Rs550 per kilogramme. However, mutton is being sold at Rs1,000 and beef at Rs600 per kilogramme. Not a single meat vendor in the markets is charging according to government price list.

Vendors have also raised prices of vegetables. Peas are being sold at Rs70 instead of Rs60 per kilogramme while prices of pumpkins, tomatoes, ginger and garlic have also surged. Groceries  are also selling cooking oil and ghee at high prices.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 7^th, 2020.