After chicken, prices of beef and mutton are also out of the reach of Lahoriites as butchers have raised the rates on their own with no checks from the authorities, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Saturday.
The official rate of mutton is Rs900 per kilogram but it is being sold up to Rs1,500 against the official price list.
It seems that the official rate of the mutton is confined only to the papers. The inflated prices of chicken, mutton and beef have been raised at a time when people are already standing in long queues to get one kilogram of sugar at a government-subsidized rate.
Earlier, the prices of broiler chicken had reached the highest level of the year after an increase of Rs10 per kg, the new price of chicken was Rs387 per kg as Eidul Fitr is approaching.
Previously, the price per kg broiler chicken was Rs377. The market authorities have fixed Rs259 per kg retail price while Rs267 per kg in the wholesale market.
The prices for farm eggs are unchanged and being sold at Rs136 per kg while one carte of farm eggs being sold at Rs3,960.