With the start of winter season in Rawalpindi, the prices of dry fruits, which are already beyond the reach of the common man, have increased considerably.
With the change of weather in Rawalpindi and Islamabad the demand for dry fruits had started to increase and the prices had also gone up in the city markets. The shopkeeper and dry fruit vendors had been charging exorbitant rates for dry fruits as there was no mechanism to control the prices of such items. A vendor said dry fruit dealers had stored large stocks of dry fruits to cause a shortage in the market to increase the prices for profit. The price of dry fruits had been increasing due to many other reasons as well, he added.
