Government Cuts Prices Of Ghee And Cooking Oil

The weekly inflation report has been released by the Federal Bureau of Statistics.

According to the Bureau of Statistics, last week tomatoes became cheaper by 13.60%, cooking oil five liters became cheaper by 1.65%, vegetable ghee by 0.43%, firewood by 0.42%, mustard oil by 0.23% and flour by 0.19%.

According to the report, during the recent week, 32 items of basic necessities including dal mash, lentils, potatoes, tomatoes, garlic, eggs, sugar, beef, mutton, raw milk, curd, jaggery, red chili powder and petroleum products have become expensive. And the prices of 12 essential commodities remained stable.

According to the Bureau of Statistics, last week the price of red chili powder increased by 7.58%, the price of rice increased by 7.48%, garlic by 5.06%, sugar by 4.02%, jaggery by 3.23% while the price of chicken increased by 2.83%.