Stalls are bereft of customers following calls on social media for a strike against fruit vendors to protest against the price hike. PHOTO: ZAFAR ASLAM/ExpressCitizens lamented the provincial government’s ‘futile exercise’ of issuing daily price lists without ensuring its implementation as prices of 22 essential commodities witnessed an increase during a week ending on September 24. The SPI report comprises of 51 essential items from 50 markets in 17 cities of the country, highlights that the SPI recorded an increase of 0.32% over last week. Prices of all essential commodities have been jacked up but no government official or public representative was available to curb this menace,” he lamented. Official price list issued by the Lahore Market Committee shows chicken price witnessed an increase of Rs7 per kg during past week.

Source: The Express Tribune September 28, 2020 04:41 UTC