Restaurant, filling stations owners taken to task

PESHAWAR: A consumer court on Thursday awarded a seven-day prison sentence to owners of two restaurants and managers of a filling stations for overcharging.

Industrial development officers of Peshawar and Nowshera raided a number of hotels, restaurants and petrol stations within their jurisdictions. Those hotels and petrol stations which were overcharging customers were produced before a consumer court.

During the hearing, Judge Khwaja Wajihuddin sentenced Muhammad Tariq, manager of Safron filling station, to seven days in prison for selling petrol and diesel over the price fixed by the government.

A fine worth Rs30,000 was also imposed on him. Zahid, owner of the CNG station on Ring Road, was also fined Rs30, 000 for charging customers 40 paisas extra for CNG.

Fayyaz, the owner of a new eatery, was jailed for seven days and was fined Rs15, 000 for selling food items at higher prices.

Moreover, Kamran, another restaurant owner, was imprisoned for seven days and fined Rs10, 000 for overcharging customers.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 22^nd, 2015.