305 shopkeepers fined for profiteering
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KARACHI: As many as 305 shopkeepers were fined for profiteering in a city, according to a press matter from Karachi commissioner’s office.
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According to a press statement, crackdown opposite a profiteers is underneath way. The movement opposite profiteering shopkeepers was taken in several areas of Karachi, that enclosed areas of Saddar, Civil Line, Garden, SITE area, Ferozabad, Jamshed Quarters, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Gulzar-e-Hijri, Liaquatabad, Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, Korangi, Baldia Town, Orangi Town, Ibrahim Hydri, New Karachi, Landhi and Model Colony.
The matter serve sensitive that 14 profiteers were arrested during a crackdown while 14 divert sellers were fined with Rs71,000, 13 beef sellers were fined with Rs32,500 and 23 bakery owners were fined with Rs186,000.
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Profiteers will not be authorised to rob and pillage a people of a pier city, a matter said, adding that a commissioner’s bureau staff monitors a auction routine late night during Sabzi Mandi. Shopkeepers have been warned that they will be arrested if they do not keep a government’s rate list.
Article source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1434825/305-shopkeepers-fined-profiteering/