Milk prices in Karachi likely to rise by Rs 50 per liter

KARACHI: Milk prices in Karachi are likely to rise by Rs 50 per liter making it more difficult for the inflation-burdened citizens of the metropolitan city to make ends meet.

The President of Dairy Farmers Karachi, Mubasher Qadeer Abbasi, indicated that an increase of Rs 50 per liter of milk is expected soon for the people of Karachi, citing the high cost of milk production, soaring cattle prices, and government negligence related to these matters.

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Abbasi stressed the urgency for the Karachi Commissioner to promptly issue a notification regarding the new prices aligned with the milk production costs.

He further emphasized that if the authorities do not announce the increase in milk prices by May 10, stakeholders will take matters into their own hands and raise prices after consensus.

Earlier last month the Karachi Commissioner issued a notice about the prices of the food items.

The spokesperson of the Sindh Chief Minister said that under the directives of Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, the price control program was initiated wherein the administration would monitor prices through a price list.

According to the notice, the dairy farm milk price was set at Rs180, the wholesale at Rs188, and retail at Rs200 per liter