Milk is an essential food item and Pakistan is blessed in this respect as our agriculture sector produces enough milk to meet the people’s needs. It is therefore quite surprising that the milk sellers charge such high prices and even then people get milk that is half water. The government needs to pay attention to this problem. The government seems to be paying no attention about the high prices of milk and is ignoring the fact that various elements in the milk business are making loads of money. It is also not clear why the food processing companies sell milk in tetra packs at such high prices. For instance if the price of loose milk in Karachi is Rs. 75 per litre, Tetrapak milk is available for Rs. 90 per litre or even more. It is time that in the interest of the public the government looked into this matter and reduced the price of both loose and packed milk so that people can easily afford to buy this food item that offers great nutrition.
