Bilal Yasin visits Sunday Bazar Shadman

Lahore: Provincial Minister for Food and Chairman Cabinet Price Control Committee Bilal Yasin has said that government is aware of problems of common man. He said that continuous relief is being provided to the people through a comprehensive mechanism under which prices of edible items have reduced considerably.

He expressed these views while talking to consumers during his visit to Shadman Sunday Bazaar today. The Minister inspected cleanliness and security matters in Sunday Bazaar and directed that besides provision of cheap and quality daily use commodities to the consumers in Sunday bazaar, elderly citizens and handicapped persons should also be facilitated. Besides making arrangements of security at parking, provision of potable water should also be ensured for the masses, he added.

The Minister said that profiteers will not be tolerated. Talking to consumers, the Minister inquired about provision of daily use items at cheaper rates, who told the Minister about shortage of onion in Shadman Bazaar.

The Minister directed DCO Lahore Capt. (R) Usman Yousaf to immediately provide onion in Shadman Bazaar. The consumers said that due to government measures, prices of edible items have never reduced to such an extent as have been decreased during the tenure of PML-N government.

Bilal Yasin also reviewed implementation on new prices of oil and ghee and expressed satisfaction that oil and ghee were being sold at fixed prices in Sunday Bazaars.

Bilal Yasin directed the administration to ensure sale of daily use commodities at fixed prices under the mechanism evolved by the government.