{"id":75121,"date":"2025-05-21T20:21:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T15:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=75121"},"modified":"2025-05-21T20:21:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T15:21:27","slug":"lemon-prices-soar-to-rs800-per-kg-amid-scorching-heat-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/lemon-prices-soar-to-rs800-per-kg-amid-scorching-heat-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemon prices soar to Rs800 per kg amid scorching heat in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI:<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/vegetables-fruits-prices-increased-in-federal-capital-markets\/\"> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Lemon<\/span> prices<\/a> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">were<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">observed<\/span> on Wednesday <span class=\"diff-highlight\">with<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">an<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">enormous<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">spike<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">during<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">hot<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">weather<\/span> in Multan. According to details, the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">residents<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">primarily<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">utilize<\/span> lemon for <span class=\"diff-highlight\">their<\/span> lemonade, Limca<span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> and <span class=\"diff-highlight\">various<\/span> drinks.<\/p>\n<p>However, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">unexpected<\/span> and unofficial <span class=\"diff-highlight\">rise<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">put<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">residents<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">utter<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">disbelief<\/span>. One of the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">residents<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">commented<\/span>: &#8220;I came here to buy lemons, but when I heard the price<span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> Rs800 per kilo, I was <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">complete<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">shock<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>My <span class=\"diff-highlight\">kids<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">are<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">asking<\/span> me to <span class=\"diff-highlight\">get<\/span> lemons <span class=\"diff-highlight\">for<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">this<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">hot<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">weather<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">drink,<\/span> shikanjabeen<span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">but<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">at<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">this<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">rate,<\/span>\u00a0I can\u2019t <span class=\"diff-highlight\">even<\/span> afford <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">do<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">anything<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">with<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">them<\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">Exactly<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">one<\/span> week ago, lemons were <span class=\"diff-highlight\">being<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">sold<\/span> for 500 <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Rupees<\/span>. Now, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">shops<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">are<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">up<\/span> to 800 rupees <span class=\"diff-highlight\">per<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">kilo,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">some<\/span> shopkeepers <span class=\"diff-highlight\">are<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">blatantly<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">disregarding<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> price <span class=\"diff-highlight\">list<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">from<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">administration<\/span>. Meanwhile, one of the shopkeepers said<span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> &#8220;The wholesale rate in the market is 800 rupees.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">What<\/span> are we\u00a0<span class=\"diff-highlight\">selling<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">?<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">How<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">could<\/span> we <span class=\"diff-highlight\">lower<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">our<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">prices<\/span> here? The <span class=\"diff-highlight\">administration<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">posts<\/span> the price <span class=\"diff-highlight\">on<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">their<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">list<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">is<\/span> 535 rupees, which <span class=\"diff-highlight\">doesn<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">&#8216;<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">t<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">even<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">make<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">sense<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">;<\/span> we <span class=\"diff-highlight\">are<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">not<\/span> buying lemons at that <span class=\"diff-highlight\">price<\/span> anymore.&#8221; Citizens have <span class=\"diff-highlight\">demanded<\/span> that the local administration <span class=\"diff-highlight\">get<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">involved<\/span> and control the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">rising<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">lemon<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">prices<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: Lemon prices were observed on Wednesday with an enormous spike during hot weather in Multan. According to details, the residents primarily utilize lemon for their lemonade, Limca, and various drinks. However, the unexpected and unofficial rise put residents in utter disbelief. One of the residents commented: &#8220;I came here to buy lemons, but when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":75122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[28905,28906],"class_list":["post-75121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-lemon-prices","tag-lemon-prices-soar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75121","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=75121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75124,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75121\/revisions\/75124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}