According to a statement issued here on Wednesday, during crackdown, the administration fined 28 milk sellers, 20 food items grocers, six fruits sellers, 16 chicken sellers, one flour seller and eight 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, Orangi, Ibrahim Hyderi, Model Colony, Bin Qasim, Landhi, Korangi 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.