All arrangements have been completed for setting up 20 fair price shops in urban areas and 10 in rural areas of Islamabad where items of daily use would be provided at cheaper rates as compared to the market during the sacred month of Ramazan.
The price of 20-kg flour bag will be Rs 286 at these fair price shops as its current market rate is Rs 297 to Rs 300. The price of Ghee is ranging from Rs 88 to Rs 90 per kg in the market while it would be available at the rate of Rs 82 per kg at these shops.
Gram pulse will be available at the rate of Rs 36 per kg as compared to market rate of Rs 40 to Rs 42 per kg while Basin at the rate of Rs 40 per kg as compared to the market rate of Rs 44 to Rs 46 per kg.
The name of these fair price shops are as follows: Muhammad Javed General Store Madina Market G-6/1-4; Ziafat Ali General Store Co-operative market G-6/1-3; Raj Wali General Store Khadda market G-7; Muhammad Hussain traders Chenab Market G-7/1; Rizwan Rajput market G-8; Akram General store Al-Mansoor market G-8/1; Ansaar Mehmood General Store G-8/4; Tahir Shaukat Traders G-9 Markaz; Afzal Khalid Khattak General store Haideri market G-9/2; Zia Muhammad General store G-9/3; Shamim Ahmed Awami General Store G-9/4; Arshad Mehmood Goodluck General Store F-8/1; Hafiz Zahid Islamia General Store F-8/4; Taj Bahadur Capital Fair Price Shop G-11; Aftab Ahmed IB traders G-10/1; M Saeed General store I-9; Amir Yousaf Madina General store I-10 Markaz; Muhammad Jameel General store Rajput market I-10/2; Zulfiqar Ahmed General Store Rawal town; Zafar Saeed Bachat General store F-11; Abdul Rasheed Nurpur Shahan; Jehangir Sargodha fair price shop Bhara Kahu; Haji Muhammad Gulzar Charah; Muhammad Saleem Charah Bazaar; Raja Munawar Hussain Umer Khayal General store Pind Bagwal; Abdul Ghafoor Sohan; Azhar Hussain Bismillah General Store Pind Bagwal; Muhammad Muneeb General Store Pind Bagwal; Abid Raza General store Taramri Chowk Lehtrar road and Muhammad Nazir Lehtrar road Tarlai.
Deputy Commissioner Islamabad Chaudhry Muhammad Ali said the district administration would strictly monitor the prices in the open market and would not allow profiteering to any one.