Dar’s warning fails as sugar sells at Rs180 per kg

KARACHI: Consumers continued to pay high prices for sugar despite Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar’s firm announcement a few days back that the sweetener prices should not exceed Rs164 per kg.

The average national price of sugar in various cities was hovering between Rs164-180 per kg.

Karachi Wholesalers Grocers Association (KWGA) President Rauf Ibrahim recalled that wholesale rates of sugar plunged to Rs158 per kg in Karachi from Rs168 per kg soon after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif...