FAISALABAD:The price control magistrates imposed Rs109,000 fine on 79 profiteers over violation of the Price Control Act in various parts of the district on Saturday.
A spokesperson for the district administration said that price monitoring teams held inspections and checked various merchant stores and found dozens of retailers involved in overcharging and profiteering.
They imposed fine on them and warned that they would be sent behind bars if they did not shun profiteering, he added.