Price Control Magistrates conducted 300 raids in Bahawalpur

Lahore : Price Control Magistrates have conducted as many as 300 raids to check the menace of profiteering and has imposed a fine to the tune of Rs. 1 lakh and 50 thousand upon the violators of price control act in 5 tehsils of district Bahawalpur. This was stated by DCO Dr. Ehtisham Anwar Mahaar while talking to the consumers during a visit at Ramzan Bazar railway station road, Bahawalpur city, here, today.

DCO Dr. Ehtisham Anwar Mahaar maintained that both price control magistrates and Assistant commissioners in all the 5 tehsils of the district Bahawalpur are keenly focusing their attention to ensure the implementation of Price control act to ensure the smooth supply of edibles to the consumers in the holy month of Ramzan.

“Out of total 300 raids in 5 tehsils of Bahawalpur include: – 120 raids conducted by Assistant Commissioner City Rao Tasleem Akhter; imposed fine Rs. 72 thousand; lodge 4 FIRs and 2 violators got arrested. 57 raids conducted by Assistant Commissioner Hasilpur Waseem Anwer Khan and imposed fine Rs. 15 thousand. 53 raids were conducted by Assistant Commissioner Ahmadpur East Rana Amjad Ali and imposed fine Rs. 25 thousand and 7 hundred. 40 raids were conducted by Assistant Commissioner Yazman Shakil Ahmad and imposed fine Rs. 14 thousand and 5 hundred. 18 raids were conducted by Assistant Commissioner Husnain Khalid Sanpaal in tehsil Sadar Bahawalpur and imposed fine Rs. 3 thousand. Similarly, Assistant Commissioner Khairpur Tamewali Jam Aftab Hussain imposed a fine to the tune of Rs. 12 thousand in tehsil Khairpur Tamewali”, DCO maintained.