86 shopkeepers booked for profiteering: DC.

TAXILA -- Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi Hassan Waqar Cheema on Wednesday said 86 shopkeepers were booked while fine worth Rs9,694,200 was imposed on those involved in profiteering and violating the official price list in the district in the last three months.

He said 85,504 surprise checks were carried out by the price magistrates to tame profiteers and violators of the price list by the price magistrates in all the six tehsils of the district.

He said to check hoarding and profiteering during Ramazan, the number of price magistrates would also be increased to provide relief to the citizens. He said 46,368 bags of flour were distributed across the district during the last three months. He said 6,276 flour bags were distributed in Gujar Khan, 9,494 in Rawalpindi Saddar, 2,899 in Rawalpindi Cantt, 4,546 in Kahuta, 2,473 in Kallar Syedan, 2,122 in Murree, 5,955 in Taxila and 510 in Kahuta.

He said that around 500,000 deserving households will get over 1.44 million free flour bags across the district during Ramazan. Responding to a question, he said 10...