Karachi and Larkana remain the most expensive cities in the country for the third consecutive week in terms of the gap between actual market prices of essential food items and the rates fixed by the district administrations, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has said. An increase of 3.81 points was noted in the differential of prices in Sukkur from 38.77pc to 42.58pc. It shows that prices remain very high in Sindh. Article continues after this advertisementThe gap in prices is based on the Decision Support System for Inflation (DSSI), which shows the district administrations failed to enforce the rates. The DSSI is a PBS developed system to provide information about prices of essential commodities to the National Price Monitory Committee (NPMC), federal ministries, provincial governments and district administrations.

Source: Pakistan Today March 23, 2021 02:03 UTC