Overview
- Quetta’s retail rate rose by Rs19 week over week to Rs229 per kg, the highest price reported.
- Peshawar recorded a maximum of Rs200 per kg, Karachi and Islamabad Rs195, and Rawalpindi up to Rs190.
- The national average fell by Rs2.01 to Rs185.47 per kg from Rs187.48 the previous week.
- Compared with last year’s average of Rs132.24 per kg, current prices reflect nearly a 74% increase.
- Experts caution that unresolved supply and production constraints could keep prices unstable, and consumers are advised to monitor local market rates.