Tomato prices in Pakistan sky high, considering import from Iran

The Pakistan government said on Wednesday that it will import tomatoes from Iran to control skyrocketing prices of tomatoes. Tomato prices in Pakistan have reached Rs 300 a kg.

After the stoppage of imports from India and prices of many commodities including tomatoes in Pakistan have increased significantly. According to media reports, tomato prices in many parts of Pakistan have gone from Rs 180 to Rs 300 per kg. According to Pakistan's Bureau of Statistics, the average maximum national price of tomatoes is Rs 180 per kg, while in many parts of the country it is selling at a high rate of Rs 300 per kg. 

The newspaper Dawn has given this report. "We will look into the issue in the meeting and take a decision," said a report quoting Mohammad Hashim Popalzai, Secretary, Ministry of National Food Security. The report said that trade with India over Kashmir issue Due to the stoppage, the prices of vegetables have increased in the domestic market. 

The report said that due to the reduction in imports from India through the Wagah border, the supply of tomatoes has also decreased. However, according to a report by Geo TV, displaying the government's negligence in the matter, Prime Minister Imran Khan's financial advisor Abdul Hafeez Shaikh told a group of reporters that tomatoes were being sold in Karachi's vegetable mandis at Rs 17 per kg. 

Huh. According to the report, Abdul Hafiz Sheikh said, "In Karachi's vegetable market, tomatoes are being sold for Rs 17 a kg." When some journalists at the scene told them that tomatoes were, in fact, priced at Rs 240 a kg. Being sold, he refuted his remarks and said that people are lying. When a journalist asked, "Which vegetable market, sir?", To which, Sheikh replied, "Go yourself and check it out for yourself!"