Making Ends Meet Gets More Difficult Before Eid-ul-Azha
There will be an increase of Rs 150 per 20-kilogram (kg) flour bag, Rs 17 per kg on sugar, and Rs 90 per kg on ghee at all utility stores
The government has dropped a bomb as it has formally approved to increase the prices of three daily-use commodities.
Meanwhile, Utility Stores Corporation (USC) Managing Director (MD) Omar Lodhi has resigned from his post over undefined reasons.
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet formally approved to jack up the prices of ghee, sugar, and flour at utility stores across the country.
There will be an increase of Rs 150 per 20-kilogram (kg) flour bag, Rs 17 per kg on sugar, and Rs 90 per kg on ghee.
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Meanwhile, the increase in the prices of commodities has driven masses up to the wall.
They said they were already finding it difficult to make ends meet and the government has dropped another price-bomb.
