Minister for Food visits Ramazan bazar Islampura

Lahore: Provincial Minister for Food & Chairman Cabinet Price Control Committee, Bilal Yasin has said that Ramazan package of Punjab government is yielding useful results. He said that quality and cheap edible items are being provided to the people at control rate in Ramazan bazaars and district administration has been bound that supply of food items should be continued in Ramazan bazaars.

He expressed these views while talking to journalists during his surprise visit to Ramazan bazaar Islampura, here today. TMO Data Gunj Bakhsh Town also accompanied the Minister.

The Minister directed that special care should be taken for comfort of especially women, children and elderly citizens visiting Ramazan bazaars. Similarly, special attention should be paid to security of the people, he added.

The Minister directed that availability of daily use items in abundance should be ensured in Ramazan bazaars and there should be no complaint of shortage of any item.

The Minister informed the journalists that instructions have been issued to commissioners and DCOs to keep a vigilant eye on quality and prices of essential items in Ramazan bazaars as well as open market. He said that action is being taken against hoarders and profiteers and shopkeepers involved in less weights.