KARACHI: The authorities have completely failed to check and control the hike in chicken prices as chicken meat is being sold at Rs500 per kg in Karachi and other parts of the country.
The prices of chicken have gone up considerably with chicken meat being sold at as high as Rs500 per kg in Karachi and Rs370 per kg in Lahore and Rs400 per kg in Islamabad.
The hike in chicken prices has irked citizens as they raised questions over the performance of price monitoring committees.
The Sindh government has also shown serious concern over a “deliberate” and “abrupt” increase in the prices of chicken meat in Karachi.
In a letter to the Karachi commissioner, Director of the Bureau of Supply and Prices Javed Hassan Khan said: “Despite all the deputy commissioners, assistant commissioners and mukhtiarkars declared as special price magistrates in their respective jurisdiction of Karachi by the Govt. of Sindh, the notified price of chicken (meat) is not implemented and being increased.”
The letter demanded that the deputy commissioners, assistant commissioners and mukhtiarkars be directed to curb the abrupt, undue hike in the prices of chicken.
Earlier on Wednesday last, the Lahore High Court (LHC) issued notices on a petition seeking directives for the government to bring down prices of chicken in the province.
After a preliminary hearing, a bench of the high court directed the provincial government and other official respondents to submit their comments on the writ petition at the next hearing.
The petitioner stated before the court that the government has failed to control the rising prices of chicken. The court was requested to order the authorities concerned to take concrete steps to bring down prices of chicken.
It is noteworthy that the prices of chicken have gone up considerably with chicken meat being sold at as high as Rs500 per kg in Karachi and Rs365 per kg in Lahore and Rs400 per kg in Islamabad.
Earlier on Monday last, #BoycottChicken was one of the most trending topics as Pakistanis are outraged over too much increase in chicken meat prices. The price of chicken in various cities across the country has seen a skyrocketing increase for the past few days. – TLTP
