The prices of basic commodities always rise during Eid days and they refuse to go back down once the festival is over. Even this time around, not only has there been inflationary pressures on the price of meat but also other items of daily use that will not go back down to their previous levels.
The federal and provincial governments have instituted various price control and check committees at various points in time but they are nowhere to be seen now. While one cannot escape the machinations of the free market and the laws of economics but these committees can check these arbitrary price shocks if they function properly.
I would request the government to check the prices that have risen so much during Eid time to help out the suffering public.
ASIF ALI RAZA
Lahore
