Food costs spiral beyond control in Rawalpindi

Food costs spiral beyond control in Rawalpindi

A traders' representative has said that in the wake of the government's economic policies, a sharp increase in petroleum prices, rising transportation costs, and what he described as "devastating" hikes in electricity and gas tariffs, the prices of grocery items have begun to rise on a daily basis. Salim Pervez Butt, President of the Rawalpindi Division of the Grocers' (Kiryana Merchants) Association, in a statement, warned that the cost of all …