Islamabad: For Islooites, it's almost normal to see prices of consumer goods surge as the fasting month of Ramazan nears.
However, they’re taken aback and distressed at the steep rise in chicken price this time around.
The live chicken was sold at around Rs 180 per kg last week but now shopkeepers ask around Rs 200 for it.
The chicken shortage is also reported in some parts of the city.
The shopkeepers plead innocence insisting they procure chicken from poultry dealers at higher price before selling it for a reasonable profit.
Now, the government has stepped in and asked the Pakistan Poultry Association to ensure a decline in chicken rate.
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar asked the PPA office-bearers to take urgent measures to bring down chicken rate to a reasonable level in line with their recent assurance.
The PPA assured the minister that as pledged in a pre-budget meeting with him last month, they would ensure that the price of poultry meat were maintained at an appropriate level. They said the chicken price would be normalised in two days.