Profiteers start pre-Ramazan price-hike

They said the prices of pulses were increased by Rs5 to Rs10 per kg. The wholesale price of massore pulse jumped from Rs110 to Rs120 per kg, moong plus from Rs44 per kg to Rs46 per kg, grams from Rs52 per kg to Rs58 per kg, masg pulse from Rs56 to Rs 62 per kg and the price of gram-flour also jumped by Rs10per kg.

The wholesale price of sugar increased by Rs2.40 per kg. The sugar traders alleged that the sugar mill owners had enough stock of sugar but they wanted to create an artificial shortage by low supply. They said that the prices of sugar are expected to increase further before the start of the holy month of Ramzan-ul-Mubarak.