LAHORE: The Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) on Wednesday started operation against illegal/un-licensed steel factories and seized hundreds of tons of deformed steel bars and other products from six units.
The team also barred the mills from further production, said a spokesman for the authority. The team visited Daroghawala area and found six illegal and un-licenced steel mills which were producing steel deformed bars. The team seized hundreds of tons deformed steel bars and other products. Stock of a cable manufacturing unit was also seized and barred it from production.
Director General PSQCA Zainul Abedin said that crackdown against illegal and unlicenced steel products would continue without any discrimination and no leniency would be given in this regard. He asked the steel mills to get registered with PSQCA as soon as possible otherwise action would be taken against sale points also.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2022
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