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104 more profiteers fined

By PPI
March 24, 2024
People buy rice at a wholesale market in Karachi. — AFP/File
People buy rice at a wholesale market in Karachi. — AFP/File

The Karachi district administration has fined as many as 104 profiteers in the port city in a crackdown launched to stablise the commodities prices during the holy month of Ramazan, according to a report on Saturday.

The crackdown was carried out in different parts of Karachi on the orders of Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah. During the action, the administration fined 104 profiteers Rs809 000.

Commissioner Saleem Rajput vowed to continue the crackdown against profiteers and warned the shopkeepers to sell the commodities at the government s fixed rate.