Food prices up by 42% in one year

[teggy]

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CNG Gas prices take a hike

By Saad Hasan

KARACHI: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Tuesday notified revised consumer gas prices and passed on a big chunk of the burden of increased well-head cost of gas to people using compressed natural gas (CNG) as fuel for their cars.

The gas prices, which are notified after the approval of the government, have not been changed for residential consumers. The price of gas sold to CNG stations has been increased by Rs26.49 per million British thermal unit (MMBTU) to Rs291.36 from Rs264.87. This also reflects the intention of the government to restrict the growing popularity of this auto fuel as the increase is more than expected.

The rate for commercial consumers has been increased to Rs283.05 per MMBTU from Rs268.23. Industry, captive power and power plants of WAPDA and KESC will have to pay Rs251.55 per MMBTU instead of previous Rs238.38.

The price of gas used as feedstock by fertiliser makers varies between Rs36.77 and Rs97.11 per MMBTU. However, rates for domestic consumers of both the gas utilities, Sui Southern Gas Company and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited, have been capped.

According to the notification, the gas price will remain unchanged at Rs78.38 per MMBTU for the first domestic slab of 50 cubic metres. The second (50-100 cubic metres) slab rate is fixed at Rs82.07.

The third slab (100-200 cubic metres) rate is constant at Rs149.40, fourth slab (200-300 cubic metres) rate is Rs239.01 and fifth slab of about 300 cubic metres is unchanged at Rs310.92 per MMBTU.

The CNG station owners have planned to meet today (Wednesday) to decide on the new CNG price after the increase in the cost of gas. According to CNG Station Owners Association Chairman Malik Khuda Buksh, CNG rates will increase by about Rs1.55 per kg.

The new rates will push up the cost of the fuel to Rs35 per kg in Karachi and the rest of Sindh. Consumers in Punjab and NWFP will have to pay between Rs35.50 and Rs36 per kg of CNG.

but the GDP is superb! we have more Cellular users now than ever! :@:

[Spock]

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cell phone users going boom boom like boom boom afridi but price of food also going boom boom afridi!!

[king_faisal]

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@Zakk

Lol, the criteria for removal of a gov is the number of people on the streets protesting? If so how many hundreds of thousands were out and about before BB and NS were on the streets.

Also pray tell in which year in the last 30 has there been a succession of shortages ranging from sugar to flour and fuel?

musharraf is a military dictator. the only way to remove him is to either (i) assassinate him or (ii) bring people out in the streets. if inflation was 40% as claimed in the article, i would bet it would very, very easy to overthrow musharraf which is exactly what jamatis, imran khan and lawyers have been trying to do without any success for a very long time. also yes, people did not come out on the streets against bb or ns. but importantly, no one paid any attention when democratic govts were overthrown either. so why did the awam not come out on the streets when democratically elected govts were dismissed by the army?

as for food crises, following links from dawn from 1990’s talks about couple of such instances:

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/Dawn/1997/19Jul97.html

"…The wheat crisis suffered by the country during the year was also reflected
in the trade figures as the import of unmilled wheat increased from $444
million to $477 million. Interestingly, the import of dry fruits also
increased from $33.5 million to $35.48 million

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/Dawn/1995/18My95B.html

“…The increase in the Sensitive Price Index covers items of daily use and
reflects more fully the impact of inflation on the common man. In the
past 12 months, the price of atta has increased by 40% rice by 60%,
vegetable ghee by 40% and sugar by 22%. Price of pulses have increased
by 15-20% and those of chillies, pototoes and onions, by 50 to 70%.
Prices of beef and mutton have also gone up by 40-45%. People with fixed
incomes, like civil servants and pensioners, have been hit even more
severely by this price hike…”

care to explain what was causing such crises in 1990’s when commodity prices were not rising as has been the case over the last couple of years?

[system]

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Most of the people who support the dictator are themselves immune to the inflation problem as most of them are probably very well off... They are the biggest and only beneficiaries of this "economic boom."

The problem of inflation really effects the poor and lower middle class.

I have some relatives and friends who are really struggling these days...
In Pindi, a Nan apparently costs almost 6 Rs, and Atta from what I hear is also out of control...
These rich snobs who support this dictator should go live with the poor for a day to see how much this inflation really effects them.

[system]

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@king_faisal

musharraf is a military dictator. the only way to remove him is to either (i) assassinate him or (ii) bring people out in the streets. if inflation was 40% as claimed in the article, i would bet it would very, very easy to overthrow musharraf which is exactly what jamatis, imran khan and lawyers have been trying to do without any success for a very long time. also yes, people did not come out on the streets against bb or ns. but importantly, no one paid any attention when democratic govts were overthrown either. so why did the awam not come out on the streets when democratically elected govts were dismissed by the army?

as for food crises, following links from dawn from 1990’s talks about couple of such instances:

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/Dawn/1997/19Jul97.html

"…The wheat crisis suffered by the country during the year was also reflected
in the trade figures as the import of unmilled wheat increased from $444
million to $477 million. Interestingly, the import of dry fruits also
increased from $33.5 million to $35.48 million

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/Dawn/1995/18My95B.html

“…The increase in the Sensitive Price Index covers items of daily use and
reflects more fully the impact of inflation on the common man. In the
past 12 months, the price of atta has increased by 40% rice by 60%,
vegetable ghee by 40% and sugar by 22%. Price of pulses have increased
by 15-20% and those of chillies, pototoes and onions, by 50 to 70%.
Prices of beef and mutton have also gone up by 40-45%. People with fixed
incomes, like civil servants and pensioners, have been hit even more
severely by this price hike…”

care to explain what was causing such crises in 1990’s when commodity prices were not rising as has been the case over the last couple of years?

Oh bhai… Let the people VOTE! Let Musharaf go to the people for support…

And regardless of how much inflation really is, the fact remains, and ground reality is that prices are out of control and MANY poor people are really struggling to feed themselves nd their families.

Try actually going to see for yourself!
Your talking stats and numbers, but 15 percent or 40 percent is irrelevant to someone who hardly makes enough to support his family even without taking inflation into account! :rolleyes:

[Aalsi]

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@PaKpatriot1

Oh bhai… Let the people VOTE

LOL. PPP supporters talking about voting.

[Spock]

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lol so now pakpatriots been termed a PPP supporter? wasnt he termed a NS supporter uptil a few days ago?

[Aalsi]

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@Spock

lol so now pakpatriots been termed a PPP supporter? wasnt he termed a NS supporter uptil a few days ago?

Maybe he is flip-flopping like NS.

[MALIK_786]

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You know the price of his suits? Tell me where BB got all of her money to send her children to expensive schools, live in luxury in Dubai and UK, have luxury cars, haqve mutiple homes around the world etc.

Tell me where the money comes from to put Altafs face in London -> your pocket

[Khehkeshan]

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@Spock

lol we are talking about Altaf Bhai not BB, plus its altaf bhai’s govt that was in power for the last 5 years in sindh… BB was a feudal landlord, but tell me where does altaf bhai get all the money from, since he was a cab driver in his life before politics…

Actually we were talking about mehngai which you think is controlled by Altaf.

BB’s party was ruling Pakistan for a total of almost 4 years, enough to horde money to last a lifetime. And the landlord business you are so proud of is built on the backs of indentured servants. Altaf is a pharmacist by education, and he doesn’t live in palaces or mansions like your favorite “democratic” leaders.

[Khehkeshan]

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Tell me where the money comes from to put Altafs ugly black face in London -> your pocket

Tell me where the money comes to sustain Punjab and it's economy - the pockets of sindhis, mohajirs, balochs, and pashtuns.

[danday_wala]

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Will the food prices go down if Zardari comes in power?

Just curious.

[Khehkeshan]

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@danday_wala

Will the food prices go down if Zardari comes in power?

Just curious.

There won’t be any food available when he comes to power.

[MALIK_786]

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Tell me where the money comes to sustain Punjab and it's economy - the pockets of sindhis, mohajirs, balochs, and pashtuns.

blah, blah blah
All I here is an ethnic terrorist supporter crying. Is your idol Mushy a Punjabi? I dont think so. You MQM wallas cant cry about Punjab any more because your party is bent over and taking it hard from the "evil Punjabi establishment" you were crying about for so long. Only reason you are doing it now is because one of your own is in charge. :) I love the hyopcrasy of it now. Before all Punjabis were bad, the center and army were bad. Now that Mush has cut a deal with your Quaid you all love the army and him. If a Punjabi were in charge and not Mush the MQM and people like you would be crying at the top of your luings and we all know the truth.
So criticize the army and center now (AND MUSH AS WELL) if you are'nt a hypocite because ordinary Punjabis are doing it at the top of their lungs right now and dont talk about Punjab because today the MQM and its black quaid are the only group in the country that support the tyrants. The MQM is Mushys only vote bank and only real support.

[danday_wala]

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@Khehkeshan

There won't be any food available when he comes to power.

LOL, yaar tum bhi na bas! :D

[Zakk]

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@king_faisal

musharraf is a military dictator. the only way to remove him is to either (i) assassinate him or (ii) bring people out in the streets. if inflation was 40% as claimed in the article, i would bet it would very, very easy to overthrow musharraf which is exactly what jamatis, imran khan and lawyers have been trying to do without any success for a very long time. also yes, people did not come out on the streets against bb or ns. but importantly, no one paid any attention when democratic govts were overthrown either. so why did the awam not come out on the streets when democratically elected govts were dismissed by the army? ?

So what you are saying is that since democratic goverments have been such a failure economically thats why nobody came out to protest? Pray tell how many people came out for Zia, Yahya or Ayub? To my knowledge not even a 10 people and thats despite Ayub Khans double digit economic growth and Zias 6% growth rate.

As far as Musharraf being a democratic dictator is concerned ..quite a few posters here seem to be convinced he is a civilian democratic leader

As far as the correlation between economic success and the lack of protests in a military dictatorship are concerned ..the thought never occurred to me ..and here I was wondering why the protests fizzled out in Burma. It was the economic success and not the use of the military! :halo:

@king_faisal

as for food crises, following links from dawn from 1990’s talks about couple of such instances:

care to explain what was causing such crises in 1990’s when commodity prices were not rising as has been the case over the last couple of years?

food increases..NOT shortages..to my knowledge shrotages are something unique to military rulers like Musharraf and Ayub.

[danday_wala]

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@Khehkeshan

Tell me where the money comes to sustain Punjab and it’s economy - the pockets of sindhis, mohajirs, balochs, and pashtuns.

Chalo phir shroo kar di larai.

Koi haal nahi.

**BTW. my parents migrated from India to Pakistan, and sacrificed a lot! I mean really a lot. I live in Punjab, do I qualify as a mohajir?
**

[system]

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Tell me where the money comes to sustain Punjab and it's economy - the pockets of sindhis, mohajirs, balochs, and pashtuns.

LOL... Get over yourself...

[system]

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@Zakk

So what you are saying is that since democratic goverments have been such a failure economically thats why nobody came out to protest? Pray tell how many people came out for Zia, Yahya or Ayub? To my knowledge not even a 10 people and thats despite Ayub Khans double digit economic growth and Zias 6% growth rate.

As far as Musharraf being a democratic dictator is concerned ..quite a few posters here seem to be convinced he is a civilian democratic leader

As far as the correlation between economic success and the lack of protests in a military dictatorship are concerned ..the thought never occurred to me ..and here I was wondering why the protests fizzled out in Burma. It was the economic success and not the use of the military! :halo:

food increases..NOT shortages..to my knowledge shrotages are something unique to military rulers like Musharraf and Ayub.

Zak, there is a reason why people dont protest under dictators that these people dont realize…

It almost like saying Stalin was massivly popular just because the Russians didnt protest…

[system]

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Actually we were talking about mehngai which you think is controlled by Altaf. :D

BB's party was ruling Pakistan for a total of almost 4 years, enough to horde money to last a lifetime. And the landlord business you are so proud of is built on the backs of indentured servants. Altaf is a pharmacist by education, and he doesn't live in palaces or mansions like your favorite "democratic" leaders.

lol... No Altaf hides in England, from where he issues his decrees.

And I think you forgot to add Altaf BHAI in his title.. He might have you erased for such a mistake...:D