‘Solid steps taken to reduce prices of daily use items’

Rawalpindi:Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rawalpindi, Hassan Waqar Cheema has said that the administration had taken solid steps to reduce the prices of daily use items.

He informed that 50 magistrates were monitoring the prices of food items in Rawalpindi district. 163 shopkeepers involved in profiteering were arrested during March, he informed. The DC said that 15 cases were registered and 14 shops were sealed on the sale of substandard items. Fines amounting to over Rs3.5 million were also imposed on the retailers found involved in profiteering, he said adding, in over 30,000 inspections conducted and nearly 1350 violations were checked.