Sugar prices, whereas, have contracted by 40 per cent, the decrease does not reflect on the price lists of the retailers selling eatables like sweets, cakes, cookies, etc. Thanks to a lukewarm response on the part of government’s price control authorities like Bureau of Supply and Prices Department of Sindh Government. There has been a great confusion over the central and provincial governments’ domain in terms of price control as when questioned the provincial authorities in Sindh government refer to the federal price control departments saying the commodity does not fall under its domain. No matter to what level the commodity prices have contracted, the buyers get little or in most cases no relief of that slump due to lack of check and balance from the official quarters concerned. Products like sweets, cakes, cookies and other eatables made of sugar stand to be one such example.
