{
  "id": 6062701,
  "title": "Prices of essential food items remain unchanged",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/prices-of-essential-food-items-remain-unchanged",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-06T23:49:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40438189/prices-of-essential-food-items-remain-unchanged"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "PESHAWAR: According to a weekly survey conducted by Business Recorder in Peshawar, essential food items like live chicken/meat, flour, vegetables, pulses, and others continue to maintain high prices in the retail market. A kilogram of live chicken/meat is currently priced at Rs375, while a kilogram of cow meat without bone is sold for Rs1350 and with bone for Rs1500, both figures higher than the official rates of Rs900. Mutton beef is being sold between Rs2800 and Rs3000 per kilogram. Sugar prices have remained steady, with a kilogram of sugar available at Rs152 in the retail market. Lemon is priced at Rs400 per kilogramme, slightly lower than the Rs500 price. Green chilli is sold for Rs100 to Rs150 per kilogramme.\n\nTraders and wholesalers in Peshawar mentioned that the price of flour has increased due to the ban on wheat and flour supply from Punjab to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A 20-kg flour bag is now priced at Rs3200, up from the previous Rs3000 and Rs2900 in the wholesale and retail markets, respectively. The price of an 80-kg sack has reached Rs14000 in the wholesale market, up from Rs13000.\n\nOnion prices have reached a new high after a significant increase in tomato prices in the capital. A kilogram of onion is available at Rs200-180 per kilogramme, while a kilogram of tomatoes remains at Rs400 per kilogramme. Various cooking oil and ghee brands also show a bullish trend in their prices. The survey revealed that good quality rice costs Rs360 per kilogramme, low quality rice is priced between Rs300-320 per kilogramme, and toota rice is available for Rs200-220 per kilogramme. Dal mash is sold at Rs480, dal masoor at Rs320, dal chilka (black) at Rs320, dal chilka (green) at Rs260, moonge at Rs400, dhoti dal at Rs400, and dal channa at Rs450 per kilogramme. Red bean is priced at Rs440 per kilogramme, and gram flour (baisen) is available at Rs420 per kilogramme against the previous price of Rs280. Apples are priced between Rs400-500 per kilogramme, bananas at Rs200 per dozen, guava and mangoes at Rs200 and Rs300 per kilogramme, leechi at Rs1000 per kilogramme, and jaman at Rs800 per kilogramme.",
  "summary": "PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food commodities, like live chicken/meat, flour, vegetable, pulses and other remained high in the retail market. A one kilogram live chicken/ meat was available at Rs375 per kilogramme, it was revealed in a weekly survey carried out by Business Recorder here on Sunday. No change in prices of cow meat as a one kilogramme cow meat without bone available at Rs1350 and…",
  "key_points": [
    "Essential food items retain high prices in Peshawar market",
    "Flour price increased due to Punjab wheat/flour supply ban",
    "Onion prices reach new high after tomato price surge"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The steady prices of essential food items despite increased costs for some, such as flour, indicate retailers are absorbing the extra costs, at least for now, rather than passing them on to consumers.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}