Pakistan pays heavily for Afghan conflict, tomato prices jump to Rs 600/kg

Tomatoes are being sold at Rs 600 per kilogramme in Pakistan's Rawalpindi as vegetable prices continue to sour in the entire country due to the ongoing tensions along the Pak-Afghan border, local media reported on Wednesday.

- IANS

"The supply of tomatoes is low while demand is high, and tomatoes are no longer being imported from Afghanistan. Until the supply is fully restored, tomato prices will not decrease, and this surge will persist," leading Pakistani daily Express Tribune quoted President of Rawalpindi's Sabzi Mandi Traders Union, Ghulam Qadir as saying. The report highlighted that small vegetable vendors have