Milk-boycott drive continues in Quetta

The Baloch Hal News

QUETTA: On the appeal of All Balochistan Restaurants and Hotels Association, all restaurants in the metropolis have been continuing boycott of milk sellers on fourth consecutive day.

Muhammad Asif, the owner of a restaurant located near Kabir Building Jinnah Road Quetta, said on Tuesday that milk sellers had enhanced milk price from Rs42 per liter to Rs50 per liter. “Reacting the milk sellers malpractice, all restaurant owners in the Quetta city decided to go on boycotting the milk sellers, forcing them to sell milk at old price,” he added.

He maintained that presently restaurants and tea stalls in Quetta were selling a cup of milk tea to consumers at Rs 15 and they would be compelled to increase price of a cup of tea from Rs 15 to Rs 20 if they would start to purchase milk at Rs 50 per liter.

Hafiz Sahb, the owner of Hawad Restaurant located near Mizan Chowk mentioned that milk sellers had fallen in lust of money and they wanted to mint more money by enhancing price of milk in wrong way. Already milk sellers in Quetta are earning a reasonable profit, he maintained.

Quetta based restaurants will not allow milk sellers to increase milk prices on their own, he added.

It should be mentioned that in Quetta city, hundreds of mounds of milk is consumed at restaurants and tea stalls on daily basis. The citizens of Quetta are fond of tea taking for many times a day.