Action ordered against hoarders in K-P
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Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Monday directed authorities to take strict action against hoarders and elements involved in artificial price-hikes to ensure availability of food items to people at officially prescribed rates.
He expressed these views while chairing a meeting to review the latest situation of prices of various food items in the province as well as the gap between the wholesale and retail prices of food items in the market.
The meeting was attended by Provincial Food Minister Atif Khan and Chief Secretary Dr Kazim Niaz besides concerned administrative secretaries and other officials.
The chief minister expressed satisfaction over the steps taken by the administrations to control the prices of food items and directed the concerned authorities to continue taking steps to further improve the situation.
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He said that it was the priority of the K-P government to provide maximum relief to the people by maintaining prices of food items at an affordable level and directed for closely monitoring hoarding and profiteering tactics by unscrupulous business elements.
The CM added that immediate and effective action should be taken on public complaints regarding overcharging and hoarding of food commodities.
During the briefing, it was informed that prices of four food items had been reduced in the province during the last week while prices of nine food items remained stable.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 28th, 2021.