Karachi:

After a meteoric rise in flour, cooking oil, rice electricity, gas, diesel, and petrol rates another price bomb has been dropped on already hard-pressed consumers who are struggling to make both ends meet as stakeholders in the dairy sector and bread manufacturers have risen the price of essential items of breakfast. The trend of the increasing price of essential food items is more painful for those whose income is either remained static or has mercilessly been cut over the past few years. While dairy farmers and milk retailers always give an impression of being at loggerheads with each other over price issues, they on Sunday unanimously announced an increase of Rs.20 per liter in price and took the per liter rate of fresh milk to Rs. 170 while Yogurt would be sold from now on at Rs.280 instead of 240 per kg. The new rates will be effective from June 6, media coordinator of the Karachi Milk Retailers Association Waheed Gaddi said, while blaming the jump in wholesale rates for the retail price hike of fresh milk. After the price hike large, medium, small, and mini bread will be sold at Rs.160, Rs130, Rs.90, and Rs.60.