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Business Recorder
26-05-2025
- Business
- Business Recorder
Prices of daily-use items show upward trend
PESHAWAR: Upward trend in prices of daily use items like live chicken/meat, vegetable, pulses, cooking oil/ghee and others was witnessed, according to a survey carried out by Business Recorder here in the local market on Sunday. A marginal increase in prices of live chicken was registered as it is being sold at Rs465 per kilogram against the price of Rs460 per kilogram in the retail market. Price of farm eggs has increased as being sold at Rs360 per dozen against the price of Rs300/dozen. Similarly, the survey said Cow meat was available at Rs1100/kg against the fixed price by local administration at Rs800-900/kg while boneless meat is being sold at Rs1300/kg in the open market. Mutton beef was being sold at Rs2500/kg in the open market, the survey added. Prices of various varieties and brands of cooking oil/ghee remained unchanged in the open market. Price of one kilogram of sugar has further increased from Rs170/kg to Rs180 per kilogram, the survey said. Tomato was available at Rs50 and 60 and Rs70/kg in the open market. Onion was being sold at Rs70-80/kg in the previous week while some vendors and dealers charged a self-imposed price in the retail market. Ginger and garlic remained unchanged as being available at Rs800/kg and Rs400 and Rs600/kg respectively. Green chilli was being sold at Rs120/kg. Peas was being sold at Rs150/180 per kg against the price of Rs120/kg, capsicum at Rs150/kilo, ladyfinger Rs120/ kilo, and curry Rs70/kg, Kachalu Rs150-200/kilo, turnip at Rs150/kg Eggplant (bringle) Rs100/kilo, Zucchini (tori) Rs100/ kilo, Tinda Rs100/kg, lemon was being sold at Rs600-700/ kg, the survey said. It added that Arvi was available at Rs200/kg, cabbage at Rs100/kg, red-collared potatoes available at Rs70/kg while white coloured potatoes are sold at Rs50/kg in the retail market. Price of flour was stable in the retail market as 20-kg fine flour sac was being sold at Rs1750-1800 and Rs1900/sac and brown coloured flour sac at Rs1500-1600/sac in the open market. Wheat flour and other products like maida, soji and choker flour also remained high in the retail market. According to the survey, prices of all brands and qualities of beverages also remained high in the local market. Black tea was being sold at Rs1400-1500/kg, the survey added. The survey said good quality rice (sela) was available at Rs320/kg, while low quality rice was available at Rs300/kg, while tota rice was available at Rs180-200/kg. Dal mash was available at Rs480/kg against the Rs420/kg, dal masoor at Rs320/kilo, dal chilka (black) at Rs320/kg, dal chilka (green) at Rs260/kg, moonge at Rs360/kg against Rs320/kg, dhoti dal at Rs400/kg, dal Channa at Rs320/kg against Rs280/kg, white lobiya at Rs340/kg, red bean at Rs440/kg, Gram flour (baisen) at Rs420/kg against Rs280/kg, big size white Channa at Rs380/kg, small-size white Channa from Rs360/kg. The prices of the fruits: Apple was available from Rs250-300 and Rs400-500/kg, banana at Rs200-250/dozen, pomegranate at Rs400-500 per kg, guava at Rs250-300/kg. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
Express Tribune
19-04-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
Women attack officials over illegal BISP deduction
Angry women protested against the illegal deduction from the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) allocation and attacked the director of BISP and device holders in Badin. The director and staff were forced to flee by climbing over the center's boundary wall to escape the fury of the enraged beneficiaries. According to reports, the protest erupted at the BISP center set up at Badin Technical College during a visit by Taufiq Channa, Director of BISP. As soon as Channa arrived, dozens of women who had gathered to receive their payments began shouting slogans and physically attacking device holders, accusing them of deducting portions of their cash disbursements. Eyewitnesses reported that some device holders were caught and beaten by the women, who forced them to publicly apologize. Staff at the center had to help the director scale the wall to escape, after which the disbursement of funds was suspended. Sources claim that an estimated Rs440 million is illegally deducted from installments meant for over 150,000 women in the district each cycle. Allegations suggest that these funds are being pocketed by a nexus of device operators, BISP officials, local police, and so-called social activists and journalists. Three device operators were reportedly arrested earlier after an Express Newspaper report prompted action from local authorities, but no permanent solution has been implemented, and complaints of deductions persist. Meanwhile, the device holders have offered a justification of their own, claiming they are forced to pay kickbacks to political figures, local influentials, and others - including police and journalists - leaving them with no choice but to deduct amounts from beneficiaries. Following the chaos, all disbursements at the Technical College center were halted.
Miami Herald
31-03-2025
- Science
- Miami Herald
‘Large'-mouthed aquarium pet turns out to be new species in India. See the creature
Near a village in northeastern India, a 'dwarf'-like creature with a 'large' mouth swam through the river — or tried to, at least. But something pulled it out of the water, moved it around and dropped it in a smaller pool. An aquarium keeper looked at his newest find. He didn't know it right away, but he'd discovered a new species. Farham Sangma, a 'fish hobbyist' who 'often collects fish for the aquarium trade,' visited a river in Meghalaya in 2017 and 2020 and found some colorful fish. He collected a few and later sent photos of them to Jayasimhan Praveenraj, a fish researcher, Praveenraj told McClatchy News via email. The photos immediately caught Praveenraj's attention. The yellow and blue fish didn't look like any known species. Praveenraj and a team of researchers took a closer look at some of these fish, tested their DNA and realized they'd discovered a new species: Channa nachi, or Farham's snakehead fish, according to a study published March 27 in the peer-reviewed journal Zootaxa. Farham's snakehead fish are considered 'dwarf' fish, reaching about 5 inches in length, the study said. They have 'large' heads with 'large' mouths and 'fleshy' lips. Photos show the 'unique' coloring of the new species. Researchers described it as having 'saddle-like, pale-brown bars' along its sides and 'bluish shades' toward its tail. Snakehead fish are 'regularly collected and exported for the international aquarium pet industry,' researchers said. Praveenraj said the new species was 'mistakenly exported to Japan in the year 2017' along with other snakehead fish. In their natural habitat, Farham's snakeheads live in 'a shallow, slow-flowing stream with moderately clear water,' the study said. So far, the new species has only been found in one river in southern Meghalaya, near the border with Bangladesh. Researchers said they named the new species 'nachi' after 'the local vernacular name for the species in Garo language spoken by the Garo tribes of Meghalaya.' The new species's common name refers to its initial discoverer. The new species was identified by its coloring, body proportions, fin shape and other subtle physical features, the study said. DNA analysis found the new species had at least 10% genetic divergence from other related species. The research team included Praveenraj, Nallathambi Moulitharan, Annam Pavan-Kumar, Ravi Shanthy Naveen, Tejas Thackeray, Rameshori Yumnam and Shantabala Devi Gurumayum.
