Overcharging: Fuel station owner from Sadiqabad arrested
Transporters asked to display new fares announced by govt.
Government has imposed 10 per cent additional GST on the fuel consumers to deprive them of the full relief, following a decline in global oil prices. PHOTO PPI
BAHAWALPUR:
A fuel station owner was arrested and Rs 101,000 fines were imposed in a drive to ensure adherence with new fuel prices.
A spokesman of the district government told newsmen that Additional District Collector Syed Tariq Mehmood Bukhari had led a team that checked fuel prices being charged at petrol pumps.
He said that a fuel station owner from Sadiqabad was arrested for not displaying prices and overcharging. He said that Rs101,000 had been collected in fines.
The spokesman said that price control magistrates had been directed to ensure fuel rates were displayed at petrol pumps. He said that action would be taken against those found overcharging passengers.
Transport fares
Regional Transport Authority Secretary Riyasat Ali on Monday said met a delegation of goods transporters.
Addressing the meeting, Ali said that fares for air-conditioned coaches from Rahim Yar Khan to Sialkot, Gujranwala and Gujrat had been set at Rs930.
He said that fares for travel to Rawalpindi had been set at Rs1,100, for Lahore Rs840 and Rs750 for Faisalabad.
He said that fares for non-air conditioned coaches had been set at Rs0.79 per kilometre.
He said that transporters must display the new fares issued by the government.
He also directed Faisal Movers and Sammi Daewoo representatives to issue new fares.
He said that action would be taken against those found overcharging.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 3rd, 2015.
A fuel station owner was arrested and Rs 101,000 fines were imposed in a drive to ensure adherence with new fuel prices.
A spokesman of the district government told newsmen that Additional District Collector Syed Tariq Mehmood Bukhari had led a team that checked fuel prices being charged at petrol pumps.
He said that a fuel station owner from Sadiqabad was arrested for not displaying prices and overcharging. He said that Rs101,000 had been collected in fines.
The spokesman said that price control magistrates had been directed to ensure fuel rates were displayed at petrol pumps. He said that action would be taken against those found overcharging passengers.
Transport fares
Regional Transport Authority Secretary Riyasat Ali on Monday said met a delegation of goods transporters.
Addressing the meeting, Ali said that fares for air-conditioned coaches from Rahim Yar Khan to Sialkot, Gujranwala and Gujrat had been set at Rs930.
He said that fares for travel to Rawalpindi had been set at Rs1,100, for Lahore Rs840 and Rs750 for Faisalabad.
He said that fares for non-air conditioned coaches had been set at Rs0.79 per kilometre.
He said that transporters must display the new fares issued by the government.
He also directed Faisal Movers and Sammi Daewoo representatives to issue new fares.
He said that action would be taken against those found overcharging.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 3rd, 2015.