Prices of kitchen items in Peshawar remain firm

Business Recorder reported that food and household staples in Peshawar remained expensive, with many prices little changed despite lower oil costs. Its market survey put live chicken at Rs430 per kilogram, boneless beef at Rs2,000 and bone-in beef at Rs1,500, compared with an official beef rate of Rs900 per kilogram. Mutton was quoted at Rs2,800 to Rs3,000 per kilogram, while sugar stayed at Rs150 per kilogram.

Flour prices were also steady: a 20-kilogram fine-flour bag cost Rs2,800, and a kilogram sold at retail for Rs170, above the wholesale-linked rate cited in the report. LPG had risen by Rs150, reaching Rs500 to Rs550 per kilogram, while cooking oil and ghee remained costly. The survey also listed tomatoes at Rs100 per kilogram after a reported 50 per cent decline, onions at Rs150 and potatoes at Rs50 to Rs70 per kilogram, with shoppers saying daily food costs strained their budgets.