KARACHI, Jan 17: The committee formed to determine the new price of dairy products will submit its recommendations to the city nazim on Thursday.

The head of the 13-member committee, EDO for Enterprise and Investment Promotion, Hassan Naqvi, declined to comment on the recommendations saying that it would create unnecessary hype.

“I will submit the report to the nazim tomorrow. It will be up to him to decide on the issue,” Mr Naqvi told Dawn.

Whatever the outcome of Thursday’s meeting, it is for sure that people will end up paying more for milk, a primary source of nutrition for children irrespective of their social strata.

The committee comprising representatives of the media, consumers, dairy farmers, wholesalers, retailers and government was constituted on January 5 to determine new milk prices within 10 days.

Sources in the city government told Dawn that the government representatives on the committee were ready to accept the demand of dairy farmers and wholesalers regarding an increase in milk prices.

The dairy farmers submitted an estimate to the city government regarding average expenses (from fodder price to milk transport charges) on a dairy farm having 100 buffalos and as per their estimate the per litre cost of milk was Rs38.40.

Dr Rafiquddin Babar of the Dairy Farmers Association, who is a member of the committee, told Dawn there was still considerable difference between the estimates of cost made out by the city representatives and us.