Food inflation spirals in Sunday markets

Prices of vegetables, fruit, chicken, meat and eggs remain uncontrolled in Rawalpindi's open markets, Sunday bazaars, budget markets and roadside stalls, leaving citizens distressed.

Sunday and "sasta bazaars" have also turned into centres of overpriced and rotten produce.

Chicken (live) is being sold for Rs410 per kilo, chicken meat for Rs670, eggs for Rs350 per dozen, mutton for Rs2,500 per kilo and beef for Rs1,600. Milk is priced at Rs220 per litre, yoghurt at Rs240, red roti at Rs15, white roti at Rs30, naan at Rs35, and roghni naan at Rs60.

White chickpeas cost Rs420 per kilo, red beans Rs440, dal mash Rs550, and cooking oil and ghee pouches between Rs500 and Rs520.

Potatoes are Rs100 per kilo, onions Rs200, ginger Rs650, garlic Rs500, peas Rs350, capsicum Rs200, cauliflower Rs130, radish Rs100, carrots Rs150, bitter gourd Rs120, tomatoes Rs150 and desi lemons Rs350 per kilo.

Apples cost Rs250-350 per kilo, grapes Rs450-600, pomegranates (Kandhari) Rs700, guavas Rs250, papaya Rs400, persimmons Rs200, bananas Rs150-200 per dozen, while fruiter/malta is selling for Rs250 per dozen.