To top it all off, profiteers have been capitalising on the situation by inflating the prices of essential and edible items according to their whims and fancies. What’s more, there have been no checks and balances on part of the government which has only made matters worse. I am shocked how prices have been inflated and no one is there to stop the shopkeepers,” said Shuja Abid, a resident of Korangi. Speaking to The Express Tribune, Shahid Ali, a shopkeeper, said that the prices of edible items were fluctuating daily in the wholesale commodity market. Per an estimate, in Karachi, the suspension of business activities amid the lockdown has affected four million daily-wage workers associated with various occupations, and their families.

Source: The Express Tribune April 11, 2020 04:41 UTC