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Tomato prices- Tomato prices have skyrocketed in Pakistan. The price of tomatoes has increased not by one or two percent, but by 400%. In Pakistan, where tomatoes are widely used in cooking, tomato prices have reached 600 Pakistani rupees per kilogram.
Not only tomatoes, but apples and grapes are also in short supply in the market. This is due to border tension between Pakistan and its neighboring country, Afghanistan.
The Pakistan-Afghanistan border tension is currently at its peak, due to which the prices of daily use items like tomatoes are skyrocketing. Prices of other vegetables are also skyrocketing in Pakistan. Tomatoes, which were earlier fetching Rs 100 per kg, have now reached Rs 600 per kg. The reason behind this is even more surprising. It is said that due to the closure of the border after the recent war between Pakistan and Afghanistan, inflation has increased in Pakistan.
Truck stuck on the border
According to media reports, many vegetable trucks are stuck at the border, due to which the goods are not reaching the markets. Khan Jan Alokozai, head of the Pak-Afghan Chamber of Commerce in Kabul, said that all trade and movement of goods has come to a complete halt since the fighting began. He said fresh fruits, vegetables, minerals, medicines, wheat, rice, sugar, meat and dairy products are a major part of the $2.3 billion annual trade between the two countries. “Every day we get about 500 containers of vegetables for export, all of which have gone bad,” Alokozai said.
What did the Pakistani official say?
A Pakistani official at the main Torkham border crossing in northwest Pakistan said about 5,000 containers of goods were stuck on both sides of the border. According to media reports, the official said that the market is already facing shortage of tomatoes, apples and grapes, but now the situation seems to be spiraling out of control.
