Ghar ki murghi, sona barabar; chicken at all time high prices
Prices of chicken have skyrocketed in the past days in Pakistan, rising by Rs. 200 per kilogram to reach Rs 697 per kg, reports Bol News.
Prices in Gujranwala have begun selling chicken at will, disregarding the official government rate of Rs 680 per kg, Samaa has reported.
Like other cities in the country, in Faisalabad too, the price of chicken had soared beyond expectations.
Within a month, after an increase of Rs25, it has reached up to Rs750 per kg.
Chicken sellers in Rawalpindi staged a demonstration outside the Rawalpindi Press Club to reject the official prices of chicken meat. They also observed a full-fledged strike over the price mechanism.
The rate fixed by the government is Rs. 435 while the price of chicken has surged in the open market, with live chicken selling at Rs550 per kg and chicken meat at Rs850 per kg.