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Thursday March 28, 2024

The price we pay

Poultry prices sky-rocketed even before Ramazan started despite the fact that during the summers chicken costs less usually. Ishaq Dar had announced in his post-budget press conference that the prices of kitchen items had not been increased at all. Now who is going to inform him of the prevailing market

By our correspondents
June 29, 2015
Poultry prices sky-rocketed even before Ramazan started despite the fact that during the summers chicken costs less usually. Ishaq Dar had announced in his post-budget press conference that the prices of kitchen items had not been increased at all. Now who is going to inform him of the prevailing market conditions – because he never bothers to listen to anybody?
We have been listening to budget speeches for the last 68 years and no budget has ever been poor-friendly although this device is basically meant to cope with foreseeable adverse situations. In case of our country we have a political class that is running huge businesses – including poultry/dairy. Why would they care for ordinary people?
Zahid Ali Khan
Rawalpindi