In a campaign launched by Rawalpindi District government against profiteering and hoarding, 23,006 raids were conducted in seven tehsils of the district during May and fines amounting to over Rs 6.9 million were imposed on the violators. According to a District Administration spokesman, the District Administration constituted teams to check profiteering, hoarding and rate lists of daily use items and on the recommendations of the teams, several cases were also registered. He said, the administration under vigorous campaign against profiteering and hoarding conducted total 876 raids during last 24 hours while 156 violators were imposed fines amounting to over Rs 292,000.—APP
