Consumer resistance urged to tame profiteering.

QUETTA -- Hundreds of people on Sunday took out a protest rally in the provincial capital against what they said was the Balochistan government's failure to tame rapid inflation, as the prices of essential commodities, including food items, have skyrocketed.

The protesters appealed to citizens to stop buying fruits, cold drinks, beef, mutton, poultry, vegetable and milk for some time to force 'profiteers and hoarders' of food items to slash prices.

The participants of the rally marched through different roads of the provincial capital carrying banners and placards inscribed with their demands.

After marching through different roads, the protesters assembled in front of the Quetta Press Club and chanted slogans against the government and district administration for their failure to control a huge...