City administration has continued its campaign to enforce strictly the prices of essential food items as fixed by the commissioner Karachi with the consent of representatives of concerned whole sellers and retailers and bureau of supply and food authority and representatives of consumers during the month of holy month of Ramazan.
All Deputy Commissioners of the city remained in the field to check their selves the prices of essential food items and also supervised the activity of checking of prices being carried by the assistant commissioners concerned in their districts to ensure the availability of food items on government fixed rates
According to the report the seven districts submitted to the commissioner 177 profiteers were challaned Rs Eight lacs seventy thousand. The deputy commissioner of District Malir was reported to have imposed fines totaling Rs 65000 on 27 profiteers.
As per report submitted by the deputy commissioner of District Keamari 12 profiteers were fined Rs24, 000. Officials of District South administration fined 47 profiteers Rs. 4 lac fifty thousand. The District Central fined 17 profiteers Rs. One lac 78 thousand .The officials of west imposed fine of 11000 on 15 profiteers while in district east 48 profiteers were fined Rs one lac three thousand and district in korangi 11 profiteers were fined Rs39000.
