{"id":108669,"date":"2026-04-20T13:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=108669"},"modified":"2026-04-20T13:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:55:07","slug":"cooking-oil-ghee-prices-increase-across-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/cooking-oil-ghee-prices-increase-across-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooking oil, ghee prices increase across country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD:\u00a0<span class=\"diff-highlight\">The<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">prices<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> petroleum products <span class=\"diff-highlight\">fluctuate<\/span>, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">but<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">many<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">people<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">do<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">not<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">appreciate<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">that<\/span> the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">rising<\/span> price of petroleum products <span class=\"diff-highlight\">due<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">inflation<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">has<\/span> resulted in a significant increase in the wholesale price of ghee and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/news\/babar-azam-eid-video-star-cricketer-shows-cooking-skills-at-home\/\">cooking <span class=\"diff-highlight\">oils<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">Prices<\/span> for premium ghee and cooking <span class=\"diff-highlight\">oils<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">are<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">reported<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">be<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">plus<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">&#8211;<\/span>Rs30\/kg <span class=\"diff-highlight\">(<\/span>from Rs560\/kg to Rs590\/kg<span class=\"diff-highlight\">)<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">by<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">All<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">&#8211;<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">Pakistan<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">General<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Store<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Association<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">other<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">grocery<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">retailers<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">&#8216;<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">associations<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">The<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">cost<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">second<\/span>-rate cooking <span class=\"diff-highlight\">oils<\/span> has <span class=\"diff-highlight\">likewise<\/span> increased from Rs510\/litre to Rs545<span class=\"diff-highlight\">\/<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">litre<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">a<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">rise<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Rs35<\/span>\/litre. <span class=\"diff-highlight\">The<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">cost<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">second<\/span>-rate ghee has <span class=\"diff-highlight\">likewise<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">increased<\/span> from Rs510\/kg to Rs535\/kg<span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">a<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">rise<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Rs25<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">\/<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">kg<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">The<\/span> price <span class=\"diff-highlight\">increases<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">for<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">everyday<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">items<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">create<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">extra<\/span> pressure on consumers, and <span class=\"diff-highlight\">many<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">families<\/span> will <span class=\"diff-highlight\">suffer<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">from<\/span> the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">continuing<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">effects<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">inflation<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD:\u00a0The prices of petroleum products fluctuate, but many people do not appreciate that the rising price of petroleum products due to inflation has resulted in a significant increase in the wholesale price of ghee and cooking oils. Prices for premium ghee and cooking oils are reported to be plus&#8211;Rs30\/kg (from Rs560\/kg to Rs590\/kg) by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":54119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[40523,40524],"class_list":["post-108669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-latest-news","tag-cooking-oil","tag-ghee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108672,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108669\/revisions\/108672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}