Prices

Sialkot may be famous for footballs and surgical instruments, but its kitchens run on chicken like everywhere else. The district market committee issues an official daily rate list here, and wholesale points at Rangpura and Shahabpura set the practical benchmark that retailers across the city follow. With thousands of factory workers eating at canteens across…

Hyderabad’s poultry scene is backed by serious local production — notable poultry farms operate in and around the city, feeding both Hyderabad and Karachi’s enormous demand. Latifabad, Qasimabad and Heerabad host the busiest retail chicken markets, where biryani shops and broast houses are among the biggest buyers. The local supply chain — from Hyderabad’s farms…

Faisalabad — Pakistan’s textile capital — runs on the appetite of its mill workers and traders, and chicken is the city’s everyday protein. The Ghanta Ghar bazaars and wholesale points around Saleemi Chowk anchor the local trade, with poultry flowing in from farms across central Punjab. Because so much of the workforce eats at canteens,…

Rawalpindi’s chicken trade revolves around Raja Bazaar — home to the city’s main poultry market, where wholesalers and retailers have set the day’s tone for decades. As a garrison city with a huge working population, Pindi’s demand for affordable protein is relentless, and chicken is the first choice for most households. The Dingi Khoi Friday…

Sargodha — the citrus capital — has a poultry market shaped by its agricultural surroundings. Satellite Town and the Fatima Jinnah Road sale points serve most households, while hatcheries in the district supply day-old chicks to farms across the region. As a mid-size Punjab city, Sargodha’s rates usually track Lahore’s with a small lag: when…

Gujranwala proudly calls itself Pakistan’s food capital, and chicken sits at the centre of that claim — from the city’s legendary chicken karahi and tikkas to desi hareesa, a winter favourite. The Alam Chowk murga mandi is famous across Punjab for Aseel and desi birds, while dozens of poultry farms around the city — plus…

Islamabad’s chicken supply runs through the capital’s wholesale backbone — the Sabzi Mandi in sector I-11/4, where poultry wholesalers serve the capital plus spillover demand from Rawalpindi. Because the twin cities function as a single market, a supply squeeze in Pindi shows up in Islamabad’s prices the very same day. The Sunday murga mandi at…

Karachi is the only major city in Pakistan where chicken prices come with an official daily notification: the Commissioner Karachi’s office issues a formal poultry rate list under Sindh’s price-control law, covering farm-gate, wholesale and retail rates for live broiler, chicken meat and eggs. That list is the benchmark — though, as Karachi shoppers know…

Chicken rate in Lahore is decided every morning in the city’s wholesale meat markets — and the biggest of them is Tollinton Market near Shadman, a 300-shop meat hub where poultry wholesalers set the tone for retail prices across the city. Because Lahore is Pakistan’s food capital, demand here stays high all year: from daily…

Multan’s chicken market beats to the rhythm of southern Punjab’s farm belt. The historic Hussain Agahi bazaar and its surrounding wholesale streets form the city’s trading core, where poultry from surrounding farms meets demand not just from the city itself but from trade routes heading toward Balochistan — buyers from the Quetta side have long…