As many as 18 Ramadan bazaars will be established in District Rawalpindi out of which eight Bazaars will be set up in City and Cantonment areas of Rawalpindi. Eight Ramazan bazaars of Rawalpindi city and Cantonment Board area would be at Murree Road near Nawaz Sharif Park, Committee Chowk, Haideri Chowk, Model Bazaar Liaquat Bagh, Chungi No.22, Khawaja Corporation Adiala Road, Chur Chowk and Gulzar-e-Quaid.
These bazaars would remain open from 9am to 6pm daily wherein the commodities of daily use, vegetables and fruit would be available to consumers at subsidized rates as compared to the open market.
According to Rawalpindi District Coordination Officer (DCO) Saqib Zafar, availability of all daily-use commodities would be ensured especially during Ramazan in such bazaars. Special directives have also been issued to display the rate lists of all commodities with phone numbers of those in charge of the bazaars and emergency services.
Each bazaar would also have a control room with separate waiting places for males and females. Water and fan facilities would also be available in Ramadan bazaars. The flour bag of 10-kg at subsidized rates would be available in each bazaar. The market price of 10-kg flour bag is presently Rs 240 which will be available in the Ramazan bazaars at Rs 230 per bag.
One official from the district administration would also be on duty along with a representative of the food department in each Ramazan bazaar to check the sale of flour. The Punjab government would provide a revolving fund through which the respective market committee would provide vegetables, fruit and other necessary items after buying the same from the wholesalers through establishing green channel in each Ramazan bazaar and the subsidized rate of Rs 2 would be offered to the consumer on each item through this green channel.
35 fair price shops notified
The food department of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) has notified the names of 35 fair price shops to be functional in Islamabad from the first of Ramadan. Food items like flour, ghee, sugar, pulses and basin would be provided at ex-mill rates at these shops. Chief Commissioner, Tariq Mahmood Pirzada has directed the food department and the assistant commissioners to ensure the quality of food items at the fair price shops.
In all, 18 fair shops have been set up in urban area and 17 in rural areas. The names of fair price shops are: Muhammad Javed, Cooperative Store, G-6/1-4, Muhammad Hussain, Chaudhry Traders, Chenab Market, G-7/1, Mushtaq Ahmed Abbasi, General Store, Amer Market, G-7/2, Muhammad Irfan, Sarhad General Store, Tippu Market, G-8/1, Muhammad Akram, Rehman General Store, Mansoor Market, G-8/1, Muhammad Arshad Good Luck Store, Allah Wali Market, F-8/1, Tahir Abbasi Traders, Rawal Plaza, G-9 Markaz, Zafar Kashif Store, Multani Market, G-9/2, Jamil Frontier Store, Rajput Market, I-10/1, Afzal Store, Haider Market, G-9/2, Atique Ahmed Store G-8/4, Rauf General Store, Tanveer Store, G-11 Markaz, Basra General Store, G-10 Markaz, Arshad Store, Al-Shaikh Market I-10/1, Khattak Store, Amer Market, I-10/4, Paradise Store, I-8/4 Pakeeza Market, Ziafat Fair Price Shop, G-6/1-3. The names of fair price shops in rural areas are: Rashid Store, Noorpur Shahan, Gulzar Store, Kalia Chirah, Saleem Store, Main Bazaar, Chirahh, Asad Mahmood Rafi Store, Thanda Pani, Khurram General Store, Main Bazaar Rawat, Ijaz Store, Main Bazaar Golra Sharif, Insaf General Store, Golra Station, Hammed Store, Main Bazaar Sari Kharbuza, Tarnol, Wahood Tawakal Store, Pakistan Town, Jabbar Bachat Store, Pwd Colony, Khan Store, Police Foundation, Pwd Colony, Sajjad Awami Store, Fateh Jhang Road Tarnol, Mehboob Store, Rehman Market, Rawal Town, Jahagir Ahmed, Sargodha Store, Simbly Dam Road, Bhara Kau, Ghafoor Store, Main Bazaar Soahan, Raza Store, Jighut, Alipur Farash, and Kamran Store, Tarnol.
