RAWALPINDI:
Following the onset of the New Year, prices of food items including vegetables, fruits, meat and bakery products have seen a rampant rise in Rawalpindi.
Bakeries across the city have increased prices on buns, cakes, cookies and bread by 20 to 30 percent and have begun charging new fees.
Chicken is sold at Rs 700 per kg, eggs at Rs 350 per dozen, mutton at Rs 2,400 per kg, beef at Rs 1,500 per kg, ghee and cooking oil at Rs 500-510 per liter, sugar at Rs 190-200 per kg, flour at Rs 160-170 per kg, tea at Rs 2,500-2,850 per kg, white chickpeas at Rs 430 per kg, gram lentils at Rs 360 per kg and lentil puree at Rs 550 per kg.
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The price of rice is Rs 400 per kg, milk Rs 220 per litre, yogurt Rs 240 per kg, new potatoes Rs 50 per kg, old potatoes Rs 100 to Rs 120 per kg, onions Rs 100 per kg, okra Rs 350 per kg, ginger Rs 450 per kg, garlic Rs 350 per kg, peas at Rs 150 per kg, carrots at Rs 90 per kg, radish at Rs 50 per kg, green chillies at Rs 120 per kg, bitter gourd at Rs 110 per kg and round gourd at Rs 120 per kg.
Apples are sold at Rs 200-400 per kg, pomegranates at Rs 500-700 per kg, grapes at Rs 600-700 per kg, papaya at Rs 300, citrus at Rs 200-250 per dozen, bananas at Rs 150-200 per dozen and guava at Rs 200 per kg.
