The District Administration Lahore has penalised 68 vegetable and fruit traders for overcharging and issued fines of Rs154,000 while seven shopkeepers involved in overcharging were sent to jail and nine cases were registered against the profiteers.The Deputy Commissioner is also paying regular visits to markets and camps that had been set up in critical markets to check the on-ground performance of the assigned price control magistrates.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2019