Hoarders

Mafia buying crop from growers at cheap rates

Companies and individuals identified for expected crackdown

Officials say 10,371 shops were inspected for profiteering in May

Authorities directed to ensure availability of essential items

Move may lead to another food security issue in country

Imran stresses need for better inter-provincial coordination and collaborative efforts

Action ordered against profiteers

Administration launches crackdown to address shortage of wheat and sugar

Parliamentary secretary on health says complete lockdown only solution

Punjab governor promulgates ordinance

The minister said that the government is utilising all its resources to cope with the situation

The perpetrator will face three years in jail, summary trials, heavy fines

Any aider, abettor, beneficiary or agent running the network will be brought within the ambit of law

Proposed law envisages 3 year jail term for hoarders

Sindh High Court summons details of actions taken against those found guilty

Prices of carbopol, isopropyl alcohol and plastic bottles increased 10 to 15 times

Several storage facilities have been sealed while fines worth millions of rupees have been imposed on hoarders

94 shopkeepers have been fined Rs735,000 in Karachi

Suspects will be detained for 30 days for trying to create an artificial shortage of sugar

In last one year, flour prices have increased four times

Says the govt would protect the rights of the people

Authorities say lemons confiscated, hoarders fined Rs100,000