LAHORE: Soon after media highlighted overpricing of food items and accommodation in Murree, Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar signed an amended ordinance for action against profiteers in the province. According to the new act, profiteers and hoarders would pay a fine of Rs1,000 to 100,000 with imprisonment of one month to a year. Read more: PM … Read more
LAHORE: Punjab chief secretary Kamran Ali Afzal has directed all the deputy commissioners to launch crackdown against fertiliser hoarders. Chairing a video-link meeting of all divisional commissioners and deputy commissioners, he directed them to take action against profiteers and hoarders of fertilisers on the pattern of measures taken during the sugar crisis. Afzal also directed ensuring … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib has lashed out at Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) and its chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for leaving dwellers of Sindh at the mercy of hoarders and profiteers. In a statement in reaction to Bilawal Zardari’s address in Karachi, he said Bilawal Zardari should do something for … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has requested the provinces to take strict action against liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) profiteers with the help of their local administrations. The authority said it has been observed that some of the LPG retailers are selling the commodity at higher prices against the authority’s notified prices. In … Read more
