Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has directed the provincial price control committee to ensure effective implementation of the relevant mechanism to provide relief to the people.
According to an official statement, the CM directed the administration to ensure quality control as well as strict monitoring of prices of essential items in markets. Those creating artificial price hike did not deserve any leniency and no one would be allowed to fleece the people, the CM declared and directed the administration to continue an indiscriminate action against hoarders and illegal profiteers.
Action should be initiated against those selling items at exorbitant rates, he added.
The chief minister reiterated his instructions to ensure the availability of the items of daily use on the rates fixed by the government.
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“The government will go to any extent to maintain effective price control and every step will be taken in this regard,” concluded the CM.
In another statement, the chief minister alleged that levelling baseless allegations was the favourite modus operandi of the opposition. He said the narrative of ‘rejected elements’ had been dismissed by the people.
He advised the elements engaged in impeding the development journey to realize facts.
Chief Minister Buzdar accused the opposition parties of using their power and authority for increasing personal bank balances during their rule rather than serving the people.
He said the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) had no strategy for the country and the people were fully aware of the character of its members. “The PDM has ended in a fiasco and anarchists have also been fully exposed,” he claimed.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 16th, 2021.
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