Business Recorder
PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food commodities remained steady in the retail market due to the recent extraordinary cut in diesel rates. A weekly market survey carried out by Business Recorder here on Sunday revealed no significant change was witnessed in prices of live chicken /meat, vegetable, flour, except cooking oil /ghee, sugar, milk powder, pack milk, diapers and others. Buyers who talked to this scribe slammed the government and district administration for its failure to implement official price-lists in the city markets. Live chicken prices dropped at Rs400 per kilogramme from the price of Rs415, showing an decrease of Rs15 per kilogramme in the previous week as compared to preceding week, the survey noted. Prices of cow and buffalo as well as mutton beef remained high in the open market. One kilogram cow meat without bone is being sold at Rs1350. Mutton beef was being sold from Rs 2800 to Rs 3000 per kg in the open market, the survey added. Prices of cooking oil and ghee also remained firm in the open market. No decrease in LPG prices was also recorded, which is available at Rs490 per kilo in the open market. Similarly, they said the tandorwala also charged double the price of low-weight roti despite the decrease in the flour prices. Tomatoes were sold at Rs80-100 per kilogramme while onion was being sold at Rs100 against the price Rs70 per kg whereas ginger was available at Rs 600 and garlic was at Rs300-400/kg in the retail market, the survey added. Green chilli was being sold at Rs80 per kg whereas lemon was being sold at Rs100 per kilogramme. Peas was being sold at Rs150 per kg, capsicum at Rs120 per kilogramme, lady finger at Rs 200-300 per kilogramme, Arvi at Rs 150-200 per kilogramme, turnip at Rs 100 per kilogramme, Eggplant (bringle) at Rs 100 per kilogramme, Zucchini (tori) at Rs 120-150 per kilogramme, Tinda Rs 100 per kilogramme, cabbage at Rs 120 per kilogramme, red-coloured potatoes available at Rs 70 per kilogramme while white-coloured potatoes are sold at Rs 50 per kilogramme in the retail market, the survey said. A one kilogramme of sugar dropped as it was available at Rs150 against the price of Rs 160 per kilogramme, the survey said. Flour prices remained stable as a 20-kg bag was being sold at Rs2700 against the price of 2900-3000. The price of an 80-kg bag remained unchanged as available at Rs 12,500 and Rs13000 per sac in the wholesale market, the survey said. Prices of pulses remained unchanged in the retail market, according to the survey. The survey said good quality rice (sela) was available at Rs 360 per kilogramme, while low quality rice was available at Rs 300-320 per kilogramme, while toota rice was available at Rs 200-220 per kilogramme. Similarly, the survey furthermore said dal mash was available at Rs 480, dal masoor at Rs 320 per kilogramme, dal chilka (black) at Rs 320 per kilogramme, dal chilka (green) at Rs 260 per kilogramme, moonge at Rs 400 per kilogramme, dhoti dal at Rs 400 per kilogramme, dal Channa at Rs 450 per kilogramme, red bean at Rs 440 per kilogramme, Gram flour (baisen) at Rs 420 per kilogramme against Rs 280 per kilogramme, big-size white Channa at Rs 380 per kilogramme, small-size white Channa from Rs 360 per kilogramme. Apple was available at Rs 400-500 per kilogramme, banana at Rs150-200 per dozen, Guava at Rs200 per kilogramme, melon at Rs150 per kilo, strawberry at Rs250-300 per kilo, orange was available at Rs 300 per dozen, grapes at Rs500-600 per kilo. Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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