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PM orders crackdown on sugar hoarders, profiteers

by News desk
January 9, 2021
in Featured, Top News

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Staff Reporter

Islamabad

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday directed to launch a massive crackdown against sugar hoarders and profiteers.
Presiding over a meeting to review prices of sugar and its availability in the country, Imran Khan directed to take strict and indiscriminate action against elements involved in profiteering.
The prime minister ordered to ensure sufficient availability of essential items on affordable rates in the markets.The meeting was informed that action has been started against people involved in weighing less than the actual weight of the sugarcane and undue profiteering. In this connection, 79 people have been arrested, while 190 cases have been registered.