Lahore: Chicken price dispute resolved

The chicken price soared up to Rs 230 per kg from Rs 150 per kg during the last few weeks.

The Lahore district administration fixed the price at Rs 200 a kg but the Poultry Traders Association refused to accept the rates and went on strike.
After the strike of the Poultry Traders Association, chicken sale was partially suspended in Lahore for two days.

The chicken sale has been restored in the city, following an agreement between the Poultry Traders Association and the district administration for selling the chicken at Rs 215 per kg.

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According to the report of Federal Bureau of Statistics, an increase in the rates of 53 essential commodities was recorded for the week ending on September 30 while prices of 10 commodities were plummeted. Prices of tomatoes, flour, rice, meat, pulses and banaspati ghee jumped up while those of potatoes, onions, chicken and bananas went down.

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Mehndi Designs for hands on eid

Mehndi Designs for hands, Mehndi artists in the city are earning thousands in a single day by applying beautiful “mehndi” designs on the hands of women, girls and even babies. Be it a leading beauty parlour or a roadside makeshift stall of a mehndi artist, women and girls are approaching them to get the best on their hands on the eve of Eid at any rate.
Many mehndi artists from the far-flung areas of the country have also appeared in the twin cities markets and established their stalls in front of shops for applying mehndi and their charges are also nominal as compared to those in beauty parlours.
Nazish and her two cousins come from a village of Chakwal City, with their makeshift stall in Commercial Market have agreed to pay Rs 3,000 to a shopkeeper, who has allowed them to put three chairs, a table and a banner outside his shop for a week. Nazish said, “We do not mind giving a few rupees to him (shopkeeper) as his shop is at a perfect location. If all goes well, we expect to earn Rs15000 to Rs 20,000 till Chand Raat.”
“The rates of applying mehndi vary from design to design. The rates of a single vine starts from Rs50, for the full hand we are charging Rs300, while the rates are Rs600 for both hands,” Nazish informed.
Mrs Nadeem Anjum, who was present at a mehndi stall with her husband said, “The craze of decorating hands with mehndi on this occasion always remains among girls as well as women, but as the festival is approaching nearer, the mehndi artists have also increased their rates because of the great rush. However, nobody is paying heed towards this issue as it is an occasion of happiness.”

Mehndi Designs for hands

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Mehndi Designs for hands on eid was first posted on September 20, 2009 at 6:04 am.
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