Special Assistant to Chief Minister Sindh for Bureau of Supply and Prices, Dr. Khatu Mal Jeewan has said that official approval has been given to set up the Weight and Measures Laboratory at Karachi at a cost of over Rs.99 million.
He said that only by providing proper weight measurement equipment, the right quantity of goods can be ensured to the people.
The Special Assistant to CM said this while presiding over a meeting convened here on Sunday to review the progress of the project. The meeting was attended by Director General Bureau of Supply and Prices Ahmad Ali Qureshi and other concerned officers.
Talking on the occasion, Dr. Khatu Mal Jeewan said that the first priority of the Sindh government is to provide all possible relief to the people in this regard. He further said that upgrading of the said laboratory was urgently required to ensure inspection of instruments used in weighing scales.
He said that after the supply of modern and standard weighing equipment to the said laboratory, the process of checking and verification the weighing equipment of daily product providers at the provincial level would be started. People are requested that they should fully support the government campaign.
Earlier, the Director General, Bureau of Supply and Prices, while briefing Dr. Khatu Mal Jeewan about the aims and objectives of the project, said that under this project, steps would be taken to enhance the capacity of field staff of Weight and Measures. While state-of-the-art and accurate working equipment will be provided for verification and testing of weights and measures so that the public can benefit from it on a large scale.
