ISLAMABAD: Sindh and Balochistan are the two most “expensive” provinces in the country in terms of gap between actual prices of essential food items and the rates fixed for the items by district administrations, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
PBS has ranked the provinces in terms of the gap between market prices of food items and those set by district administrations. The exercise is aimed at highlighting issues of governance in controlling the prices.
Put differently, the rankings reflect the performance of various chief secretaries, who serve as the administrative heads of provinces.
Punjab has been placed on top of the rankings with an average gap of 14.41 per cent between market prices of essential food items and the rates fixed by district administrations, followed by 18.7pc in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 21.03pc in Islamabad.
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