District admin accelerates crackdown on profiteers, violators of lockdown.

PESHAWAR -- District administration Peshawar has further accelerated crackdown against profiteers and violators of lockdown in the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said a news release issued here Monday.

The district administration has accelerated operation against all those shopkeepers involved in profiteering and carrying businesses behind the shutter. For this purpose a special task force headed by Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC), Ishfaq Khan has also been constituted.

The action has been taken on complaints received by the administration regarding the doing businesses behind the shutter in violation of lockdown and violation of the official price list.

In this connection, a meeting was held with Deputy Commissioner (DC) Peshawar, Mohammad Ali Asghar in the chair. Besides, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Ishfaq Khan, Assistant Commissioner (AC), City Sara Rehman, AC (Shah Alam), Dr. Ihtesham-ul-Haq, AC Saddar, Islahuddin and AC Mathani, Rizwana Dar and other officers of the district administration also attended.

The meeting discussed in matters relating to...