Shopkeepers fined for profiteering
All business points were warned of action if they would not display rate lists
BAHAWALPUR:
Special magistrates imposed Rs90,000 worth of fines on shopkeepers over profiteering and causing price hike. A spokesman for the district administration said on Monday that on the directives of Bahawalpur Commissioner Asif Iqbal Chaudhry and Deputy Commissioner Muzaffar Khan Sial, teams headed by special magistrates conducted raids at bazaars, markets and plazas on July 18 and 19 and checked rate lists. The teams found 70 shopkeepers violating the prices fixed by the government. They imposed fines against the shopkeepers. All business points were warned of action if they would not display rate lists.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 21st, 2020.