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Eighty seven retailers fined for violating official price list

Published October 4, 2013 Updated October 4, 2013 07:18am

KARACHI: Karachi administration at the directives of Commissioner, Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui continued with their campaign against profiteers on Friday.

Teams led by sub-divisional magistrates and assistant commissioner challaned 87 retailers for over-charging consumers and imposed a fine to a tune of Rs.115,000 on them.

Those fined included 21 milk sellers, 10 fruit sellers, nine green grocers, 18 grocers, eight chicken sellers, 20 flour millers and one meat seller.