KARACHI: As many as 357 shopkeepers were arrested and sent to jail during the crackdown against the illegal profiteering and violation of the officially approved price list of essential commodities, during the 25 days of Ramazan.
This was said by Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqi in a briefing on campaign against profiteering at Commissioner Office here, said a statement on Friday.
He said that 5507 shopkeepers were challaned during the crackdown while over Rs 10.6 million were recovered in term of penalties imposed on the profiteers, hoarders, and violators of price list.
He said total 1118 milk sellers, 1518 fruits vendor, 346 grocers of daily commodities, 33 meat merchant, 757 chicken sellers, 1644 retailers of vegetables and 81 vendors of flour were challaned for selling the commodities on the prices in violation to the notified price list.
Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqi has directed the officials concerned to ensure the sale of essential commodities on prices in accordance with the officially approved list to establish the writ of the government.
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