Karachi Commissioner Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui has said that operation against profiteers has been expedited in the holy month of Ramazan for giving common men special relief and the process of charging fines and sending the profiteers to jail was being carried out massively.
In the first 11 days of Ramazan, 2,551 shopkeepers had been fined with Rs 4,830,500 and were 257 sent to jail for selling commodities above government rates, Siddiqui said while addressing a meeting at his office. Karachi II Additional Commissioner and Chairman Price Committee Haji Ahmed, Deputy Director Price Committee Asif Iqbal and In-charge Complaint Cell Commissioner Office Syed Zahid Hussain were also present on the occasion.
The commissioner further said that deputy commissioners and assistant commissioners of the six districts were leading crackdowns against profiteers.
In crackdowns in Ramazan, 468 milkmen have been fined Rs 1,784,500, 124 shopkeepers of general commodities have been fined Rs 538,000, 330 chicken sellers were fined Rs 768,500, 13 meat sellers were fined 62,500, 906 vegetable sellers were fined Rs 832,100, 26 flour sellers were fined Rs 77,200 and 684 fruit sellers were fined Rs 785,700 for selling essential items at excessive prices.
The commissioner directed that the people challenging the writ of government by not following government rates should be dealt with iron hand.
