Karachiites are paying more for essentials during this Ramazan compared to residents of other parts of the country, particularly Lahore, where prices are relatively stable.
There is, however, a reason why people here are worst hit by profiteering: the price checking campaign is being conducted with the help of only 60 officials in Karachi, a city of more than 20 million. Comparatively, price monitoring staff is almost double in Lahore, whose population is not even half of Karachi.
But Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui still thinks he can beat the menace of profiteering with around 31 assistant commissioners, 20 Mukhtiarkars, six deputy commissioners and six additional deputy commissioners. Additionally, eunuchs have also been made a part of the anti price hike campaign in an effort to shame profiteers.
