Milk retailers protest against highhandedness of wholesalers

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KARACHI: Fresh milk sellers staged a protest demonstration on Thursday for their demands outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC) here on Thursday.

A large number of milk retailers under the banner of All Karachi Milk Retailers Association gathered in front of KPC, demanding of the government to order milk wholesalers not to increase the rate of fresh milk.

The protesters holding banners and placards, inscribed with their demands, chanted slogans against the concerned authorities.

The resented the illegal serge in milk wholesale rates. They further demanded the authorities to review the prevailing fresh milk prices.

Retailers Association Vice President Chaudhry Yaseen said that the dairy farmers had hiked the rate of milk overnight.

They said the government officials are raiding them, while they have given a free hand to the milk wholesalers. They warned of a sit-in if their demands are not met by the concerned authorities.