Rating butchers: 3 butchers fined for overcharging

FAISALABAD: Three butchers have been fined on charges of profiteering and overcharging. Special Price Control Magistrate Riaz Husain Anjum conducted several raids in the Jhang Bazaar and Rail Bazaar and caught three butchers, Ali Afzal, Liaqat and Nasir Mehmood, for overcharging customers. Anjum imposed a total fine of Rs7,500 on the accused and warned them to display rate lists outside their shops. The men were let off with a warning to display price lists or face legal action.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 30^th, 2011.