Dates


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Despite price hikes, buyers throng to Pakistan’s largest and oldest dates market ahead of Ramadan

  • Dealers say prices up by around 10% due to rain-related supply disruption, imposition of high duties by Iran
  • More than 90% of Pakistan’s date business depends on Ramadan when consumption increases substantially
By KHURSHID AHMED    ·

Dates—beloved jewels of the desert

By Sulafa Alkhunaizi ·