Tag: Consumers

Local consumers have grown increasingly worried by the export of millions of tons of ‘excess’ provincial wheat while the prices of flour, sugar and...

KARACHI - It seems unbelievable but it is a fact that the milkmen are extorting about Rs 150 billion a year from the consumers in the urban areas by just mixing water in the milk. A brief probe carried out by Pakistan Today showed that the raw milk available at shops and being supplied to homes in major cities carries a minimum of 25 percent of the water.
In some cases, the water-milk ratio goes up to around 40-50 percent. The milkmen justify the adulteration citing high

LAHORE - No load shedding is being carried out for domestic consumers, as the power shortfall has decreased, Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) Energy and Management Conservation (EMC) Director General Muhammad Khalid said on Tuesday at a press conference.
He said that presently power production stands at 10,826MW and demand 11,227MW while power shortfall is 401MW. Khalid said that the power shortfall has decreased over the last few days due to better production and less

KARACHI - Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has launched an "online complaint management system" which enables consumers of all telecom services, including internet and broadband users, to lodge their complaints against their service providers online and to have prompt response on them. This system is integrated with operators and the telecom regulator.
The primary objective of this new system is the management and resolution of telecommunication subscriber's complaints.

LAHORE - Vegetable and fruit prices decreased for the second consecutive week at the city's Sunday bazaars. Almost all vegetable prices including garlic, ginger, tomatoes, peas, apples, bananas and guavas came down while onion prices also fell owing to a ban on exporting the commodity to India.
Both customers and vendors expressed joy on the reduction in prices. Vendors said that sales had increased by 15 to 20 percent because of low prices."When vegetable prices were high,

KARACHI 0 By sacking a huge number of 4,000 of its employees, the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has opened a Pandora's Box for the government as well as the consumers at a time when the mega city of Karachi is braving a fresh wave of targeted violence.
Thursday's confrontation between the KESC, its employees and other stakeholders is not a new phenomenon: some cases of similar nature are currently being heard in the Sindh High Court. The forced retrenchment of a large