Prices skyrocket ahead of Ramazan
(WorldNews Pakistan)

LAHORE: Pre-Ramazan price-hike along with overcharging exposed all claims made by the Punjab government of controlling the inflation on perishables items as the rates of almost all vegetables and fruits increased 50 to 100 percent during the last two weeks. Besides real inflation, artificial price-hike also continued in the absence of any checking mechanism by the authorities and non-elected advisers. The rates of essential vegetables are increasing daily. The government has called a meeting today (Monday) to finalise the Ramazan subsidy package while before the announcement of the package the prices are skyrocketed as the stockiest started manipulation to maximise their profits. The rates...