According to a statement issued here on Thursday, during crackdown the administration fined 289 milk sellers, 130 food items grocers, 258 chicken sellers, 59 fruits sellers, nine meat vendors, four flour sellers and 75 vegetables sellers.
The action against profiteers were taken in the areas including Saddar, Civil Line, SITE, Garden, Baldia, Ferozabad, Jamshed Quarters, Gulshan Iqbal, Gulzar Hijri, Liaquat Abad, Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, Model Colony, Landhi, Korangi, Orangi, Ibrahim Hyderi, Bin Qasim and New Karachi.
Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui has said that the operation against profiteers will continue till the sale of essential items is not ensured according to officially approved price list.