Seeing firing of bazar heads is very short sighted (unless they were charging extremely large margins). This is called cartel price fixing and is illegal in developed countries.

But overall the government should look at its fiscal and monetary policies to curb inflation.

It is quite hilarious that officials responsible did not know about price increases, but not untrue. I have yet to see a high-ranking official who actually pays for his grocieries or his everyday expenses.

With these kinds of “fringe benefits” I am not really surprised to learn that quite a few Tajik students studying in the US aspire to get a job in the government and this is plain wrong.

We have a loooong way to learn about how to manage our economy.