FAISALABAD:Price control magistrates imposed a total fine of Rs 250,000 on 42 shopkeepers
for profiteering and arrested five others on violation of price control act in different
parts of the district during the last 24 hours.
A spokesman for the local administration said here on Saturday that magistrates
after receiving 34 complaints against overcharging on ‘QeematApp’ checked various
shops in different markets and bazaars of Faisalabad and found 42 shopkeepers
involved in profiteering. The magistrates imposed a total fine of Rs 250,000 on them.
The magistrates also arrested 5 shopkeepers and sealed 7 shops for violation of
price control act while further action against them was underway.