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      <title>Utility Stores Corporation reduces prices of over 800 essential items</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Utility Stores Corporation has announced significant price cuts on more than 800 essential items, including cooking oil, ghee, tea, and various household products.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;According to the spokesperson, the reductions range from 8 to 60 rupees per item, depending on the product.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This price decrease applies to numerous brands, covering items such as ghee, cooking oil, tea, detergent, noodles, ketchup, milk, dry milk, spices, pickles, soap, and toothpaste.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The new prices took effect immediately following an official notification from the corporation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read more&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="blockquote-level-1"&gt;
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&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="blockquote-level-1"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/30334350/utility-stores-unable-to-procure-sugar-due-to-sky-high-prices"&gt;Utility Stores unable to procure sugar due to sky-high prices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="blockquote-level-1"&gt;
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&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While the subsidy under the Benazir Income Support Program is currently suspended, the spokesperson indicated that plans to restore it under a revised mechanism are underway.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Consumers can now purchase these essential goods without any restrictions or conditions. Efforts are also being made to lower prices on additional items in the future.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Utility Stores Corporation has announced significant price cuts on more than 800 essential items, including cooking oil, ghee, tea, and various household products.</strong></p>
<p>According to the spokesperson, the reductions range from 8 to 60 rupees per item, depending on the product.</p>
<p>This price decrease applies to numerous brands, covering items such as ghee, cooking oil, tea, detergent, noodles, ketchup, milk, dry milk, spices, pickles, soap, and toothpaste.</p>
<p>The new prices took effect immediately following an official notification from the corporation.</p>
<p><strong>Read more</strong></p>
<blockquote class="blockquote-level-1">
<p><a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/30337471/utility-stores-procure-sugar-stock-of-20000-tonnes">Utility stores procure sugar stock of 20,000 tonnes</a></p>
</blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/30334350/utility-stores-unable-to-procure-sugar-due-to-sky-high-prices">Utility Stores unable to procure sugar due to sky-high prices</a></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote class="blockquote-level-1">
<p><a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/30283852/">Pakistan’s GDP growth likely to slow to 4.3pc in FY22, 4pc in FY23: WB</a></p>
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<p>While the subsidy under the Benazir Income Support Program is currently suspended, the spokesperson indicated that plans to restore it under a revised mechanism are underway.</p>
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<p>Consumers can now purchase these essential goods without any restrictions or conditions. Efforts are also being made to lower prices on additional items in the future.</p>
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