Re: So lets assume we have “democracy” again. What then?
Do you think that I am one of those blind loyal of NS, BB, Qazi, Imran, Fazlu, Al-Qaida, Taliban who would misquote just because they love some one … etc. or do you think I am blind loyal Musharraf hater who would misquote just because they hate someone?
Believe me, I never try to misguide anyone or quote something without having any knowledge of that. That means what I quoted must be having some substance :). You still do not believe me than, you should … otherwise … otherwise … otherwise I would dig out the figures and would prove that what I quoted has substance.
Bhai jaan, don’t create a fuss/noise about blind follower or not, I simply asked a question irrespective of who you blindly follow or not-blindly-follow.
Anyhow: I did not write that price of any particular item has risen X percent, but I wrote that about average price of number of items. As for particular item, what I know is that price of many electronic goods have gone down in Pakistan. Most telecommunication items have also gone down in Pakistan (for instance cost of making a phone call). By using the price of items that became cheaper as reference if anyone would say that prices on average has gone down, than that would be misleading statement. Similarly to look at prices of some item that gone up much more than average and refer to that to judge average price would be misleading statement too.
Gone up/down/average are all relative things… lets get actual numbers
Anyhow, prices I quoted is average price of all items. On the other hand, even if one take out all items and talk only about food items, than also average price of food items has not gone up that much, as that again at most have gone up around 50 to 70 percent since Musharraf came to power. As for food item, I think that price of chicken has probably gone down or has not gone up a lot since 1999. Anyhow, what I know, largest increase in fresh food item has happened in Islamabad and even there fresh food items has not gone up more than 5 to 8 percent a year over last 8 years (or from 45 percent to 80 percent during Musharraf rule).
If you do not believe me, than I will have to dig the figures.
Chicken prices fluctuated a lot even in Bibi/Ganja times… the most non-fluctuating prices (only going up) have been of milk, ghee, fuel, flour, vegetables (tomato, potato, “lady-finger” :D), beef, goat. Any data on these items?
