KARACHI: Special Assistant to the Chief Minister for Bureau of Supply and Prices, Dr. Khatu Mal Jeewan has said that crackdown against illicit profiteers and hoarders will continue across the province.

There is no shortage of food items across the province, he said in his statement issued here Thursday. Dr Khatu Mal Jeewan said that the Sindh government would deal the illegal profiteers and hoarders with severely.

He said that officers of Bureau of Supply and Prices were also assisting the district administration while district administration officials are working hard across the province to ensure full implementation of the official tariff and sale of quality items.

He further said that during the current financial year, fines of more than Rs 12.75 million had been imposed on profiteers and hoarders across the Sindh province so far. Citing the report, he further said that the district administration had checked more than 100,000 vendors, fruit sellers and other food vendors across the province while imposing fines on more than 7,300 profiteers and hoarders.

In Karachi division, more than 1,300 profiteers were fined more than Rs 7664000 while in Hyderabad division 1,200 profiteers were fined more than Rs 1532000 while other more than 4,300 profiteers in the rest districts of province were also fined more than Rs 3,563,000.