Buzdar orders crackdown against hoarders, profiteers

The Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, while directing crackdown against hoarders and illegal profiteers, said that such elements deserve no leniency and jail is the best place for them.

The Chief Minister also directed the provincial price control taskforce to initiate legal action against the illegal profiteers; no one will be allowed to make artificial increase in the prices of vegetables, fruits and pulses. The deputy commissioners should personally monitor the steps taken for price control mechanism in their respective districts and rates and quality of essential items should be regularly checked.

Similarly, district price control committees should make concerted efforts for stabilizing the prices of essential items. Sale of different items should be ensured according to their rate list and negligence will not be tolerated in this regard, the CM said, in a statement.

Taking strict notice of closure of sugarcane crushing by sugar mills, the CM has sought a report from secretary food and cane commissioner and directed that sugar mills should be bound to immediately resume crushing. "There is no justification for closure of sugarcane crushing, at the start of the season," he said, adding: "The government will ensure protection of sugarcane farmers' rights and deduction in sugarcane weight will not be allowed."

Moreover, talking to a delegation of District Bar Association Rawalpindi, led by its president Syed Tanvir Sohail Shah, the CM assured to solve the problems of different bar associations of the province on priority basis and reiterated to take every possible step for the welfare of the legal fraternity.

"Instead of making any tall claims as like the past, the current government delivers practically," he said, adding: "The government will also welcome positive suggestions put forth by the lawyers and feasible proposals will be implemented upon immediately; the role of legal community is very pivotal in provision of justice to the common man and the efforts made by lawyers to help provide justice to the sufferers are praiseworthy."

Usman Buzdar further said that legal fraternity has played a leading role in supremacy of the constitution and rule of law in the society. The lawyer' role in the restoration of independent judiciary is unforgettable, he added.

The CM in his message on 'International Volunteers' Day,' said that selfless service to the ailing humanity is the fundamental injunction of Islam.

"The volunteer organizations deserve accolades as helping the persons in need is a noble deed. Today, we should make a renewed commitment to extend every possible support to the volunteers engaged in public welfare activities," he added.