The local authorities have completely failed to check and control the hike in chicken prices as chicken meat being sold at Rs500 per kg in Karachi and other parts of the country, ARY News reported on Sunday.

The prices of chicken have gone up considerably with chicken meat being sold at as high as Rs500 per kg in Karachi and Rs370 per kg in Lahore and Rs400 per kg in Islamabad.

The hike in chicken prices has irked citizens as they raised questions over the performance of price monitoring committees.