Hoarding, profiteering being checked in S Waziristan thru enlisting traders, rations

WANA: Authorities have adopted a unique way to control hoarding and profiteering amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in South Waziristan tribal district by enlisting the data of traders and food items being transported into the region.

“Hoarding and profiteering is a major issue nowadays. At two entry points Khargai and Gardai, our additional assistant commissioners and Frontier Corps-South personnel enlist the data of food rations and to whom it is being supplied in Wana and other markets.

Later, this data is shared with our assistant commissioners, who then visit markets and ask the shopkeepers about to whom they sell the commodities.

This way, we are trying to prevent hoarding and profiteering,” stated Deputy Commissioner Hameedullah Khan.

Speaking to The News, he said the provincial government focused on enough supply of food and also its fair price in the markets. He also said that the administration has set up seven quarantine centres for coronavirus epidemic, with a capacity to accommodate 167 patients.

The official said that besides the quarantine centres, isolation facilities have been two isolation facilities have been set up at DHQ Hospital Wana and Sholam Hospital.

He added that there were a total of 45 doctors 87 nursing staff, seven ambulances six ventilators and 140 personnel protective equipment (PPEs) in eights health facilities of South Waziristan, including dhq Hospital Wana, Sholam Hospital, THQ Hospital Toi Khula, THQ Hospital Sarvekai, MHF Tiarza, MHF Ladha, CH Sararogha and BHU Kotyagistan Makin.

Discussing the measures taken to contain the pandemic, he said that the district has been locked down, with all entry and exit points having been sealed.

He said the rations were also being provided to people who have been quarantined. He said the district administration was closely working with Frontier Corps-South in the current situation.