Prices of essential food items remain firm in Peshawar

Prices of essential food commodities remained firm in the retail market. Most of the daily kitchen items, essentially sugar, cooking oil, flour, pulses, vegetables, live chicken/meat and other sky-high in the retail market, said in a weekly market survey carried out by Business Recorder here on Sunday. Live chicken/meat and products prices remained unchanged whereas farm eggs were being sold at Rs360/ dozen against the price of Rs340 in the retail market. Cow meat without bone was available at Rs1100 and cow meat with bone is being sold at Rs1000/ kg against the official rates announced by local authorities concerned. The price of mutton beef was from Rs2500 to Rs3000/kg in the open market.