Sugar hits highs

The prices of the sugar and other ingredients of life uses jumped to high. According to the market sources, the sugar prices went further up Rs6/kg, pushing it Rs104/kg in wholesale market and its retail price jumped to Rs110/kg.

The doubly-compounded sugar crisis further intensified in the country including Karachi, as the commodity surged to Rs125 per kilogram in villages and Rs110 in cities, Geo News reported Monday. Lahore also witnessed hike in price of the commodity in the retail market to Rs110; while, sugar is being sold in Karachi at Rs100/kg.

In Quetta and Peshawar, the price surge in the wholesale market pushed it up in the open market, where sugar is being sold at Rs105 to 110 per kilo.Geo News reported.