TAXILA: The provincial secretary for livestock Naveed Haider Sherazi on Friday asked magistrates to keep a check on quality of foodstuff and prices at Ramazan bazaars.
He issued this directive during a surprise visit to Ramazan bazaars in Hassanabdal.
Additional deputy commissioner General Mehreen Baloch, assistant commissioner Ishtiaque Ullah Khan and officials from different provincial government departments were also present on the occasion.He added that the quality and prices of all basic kitchen items were also being monitored and shopkeepers indulging in profiteering would be dealt with as per law.
He said that the Punjab government had approved Rs8 billion Ramazan package under which as many as 317 bazaars would be established across the province to provide relief to the people of the province during the month.
He said officers of district administration and assistant commissioners should regularly visit the market in Sasta bazaars because. Correspondent