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Increasing trend witnessed in prices of fruits, vegetables
National
March 8, 2021
LAHORE: Increasing trend was witnessed in the prices of almost all perishable items this week while the rates of chicken meat reached to a new high registering more than 100 per cent increase in eight weeks.
Furthermore, overcharging also added to the public woes while both provincial and federal governments are least bothered to address the issue. The non-seriousness of the government could be gauge by the fact that the prime minister did not call the Punjab minister for industry and trade to the last price review meeting while the issue of prices falls in the portfolio of the ministry. This shows either the PM did not want to see Industry Minister Mian Aslam Iqbal or the prime minister’s team did know as to whom to ask about the issue related to the public.
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Apps fail to control overcharging on perishable items
Lahore
March 1, 2021
LAHORE:The ministers, elected representatives and bureaucracy in the Punjab are submitting the good performance report on inflation and prices of essential items to the higher offices of the government but on ground they have left the buyers at the mercy of the overcharging, price list violation and sale of the substandard items at official rates.
The industries minister used to issue orders to control overcharging and taking stern action against the officials who are ignoring his orders while practically no improvement was witnessed. Now another wave of the price hike, artificial inflation is around the corner in the forthcoming holy month of Ramazan as the stockiest already started hoarding the items which consumption increases this month. According to a handout, the Punjab government continued crackdown on profiteering and hoarding across the province and during last two months arrested 906 profiteers
No let-up in overcharging on vegetables, fruits thenews.com.pk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thenews.com.pk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.