Price control: Magistrates told to get their act together

Magistrates says strict action would be taken against them if they failed to effectively discharge their duties

LAHORE:

DCO Muhammad Usman issued show cause notices to 40 price control magistrates on Wednesday for failing to curb inflation.

The magistrates were told that strict action would be taken against them if they failed to effectively discharge their duties. An official said shortages of necessities, profiteering and hoarding were rampant in the city. He said officials who had been tasked with cracking down on profiteers and hoarders to ensure the availability of reasonably priced commodities had put up a dismal performance.

He said DCO Usman had ordered all magistrates to actively monitor prices of edibles and take action against those found guilty of fleecing the public.

The DCO said the city government would implement court orders to curb the proliferation of oxygen shots in the city. He has ordered town administrators to ascertain the availability of the shots at establishments in their jurisdictions. He directed them to take action against those found guilty.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 29^th, 2015.