Geo436 KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Wednesday presided a high level meeting at the CM House here regarding controlling the prices of essential commodities including sugar in the province of Sindh.
An official statement said that he took serious notice of hoarding, black marketing and illegal profiteering of sugar and directed all District Coordination Officers (DCOs) to take stern action against those involved in such acts.
Chief Minister Sindh warned that it is the responsibility of all DCOs and their sub-ordinates officers and staff to be vigilant and careful about price hike and illegal profiteering so that common man is not affected.
Syed Qaim Ali Shah added that DCOs are incharge of their respective districts as far as price control cells are concerned.
He further stated that it is the prime duty of government and its agencies to ensure proper and prompt control of prices of essential commodities.
Chief Minister Sindh strictly directed the DCOs to take prompt action against persons involved in hoarding, black-marketing and profiteering.
He further directed to challan those hoarders, black-marketers and profiteers and be apprehended under price control act and hoarding and profiteering law, for which EDOs / DDOs and inspectors will launch action with immediate effect.
Chief Minister Sindh also directed that all DCOs should remain present tomorrow in their offices at 2 p.m. and that he will hold video conference meeting with them to enquire for action so far taken in this regard.
The meeting discussed various measures for controlling the price of sugar and making arrangements of supply of the same in markets.
It was decided that Sindh Government will take 70,000 tons of sugar from the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) on emergent basis and will be brought in the markets through genuine dealers to consumers at the rate of Rs 61 per Kg. It was also decided that all DCOs will furnish their requirement/demand immediately and give details about disbursement.
The meeting was further decided that similar measures will be made for other commodities i.e. vegetables, pulses, eatable items etc.
It was also decided that role of Market Committees will also be activated for prompt supply and maintenance of reasonable prices so that poor people are provided food items and eatable commodities on reasonable prices.
The meeting was attended among others by Sindh Agriculture Minister Syed Ali Nawaz Shah, Sindh Minister for Supply and Prices Shoaib Bukhari, Chief Secretary Sindh Ghulam Ali Pasha, ACS (PD) Ishaq Lashari, Provincial Secretaries of concerned departments, Administrator/DCO Karachi Fazal ur Rehman, Secretary to C.M. Abdul Kabeer Kazi, Special Secretary to C.M. Dr. Atta Muhammad Panhwar and others.
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