Tomatoes still being sold for almost Rs300 per kg in Karachi

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KARACHI: The prices of tomatoes have yet to come down as they are still being sold in the city for Rs300 per kg, Geo News reported on Sunday. 

According to details, tomatoes are being sold in Badin for even less than Rs100 per kg. However, the same fruit is being sold in Karachi's Sabzi Mandi for Rs200 per kg. In the city, the price of tomatoes have skyrocketed to almost Rs300 per kg. 

Vendors and hawkers have claimed that it isn't their fault since wholesale prices had shot up significantly.

Last week it seemed as if Prime Minister Imran Khan's Finance Adviser, Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, was totally unaware of the ongoing sky-high tomato prices in the country's economic hub, Karachi.

In a recent media talk, Sheikh told a group of reporters that tomatoes were being sold as low as Rs17 per kg in Karachi's vegetable markets.

Following the Adviser to the PM’s blithely unaware comments, social media users had a field day on Twitter regarding the issue.