Magistrate Books Shopkeeper, Arrests Two For Overcharging
UrduPoint | Pakistan Today | 23 September, 2026
FAISALABAD: (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News) The district administration has intensified action against overcharging. Price Control Magistrate Riaz Hussain Anjum got a case registered against a shopkeeper and two persons were arrested on the spot for serious violations of the Price Control Act.
A spokesman of local administration said here on Wednesday that Riaz Hussain Anjum, who is also serving as Administrative Officer, conducted inspections along Canal Road, Eden Garden Road, and other areas to check the prices of essential commodities and ensure their sale in accordance with the rates notified by the deputy commissioner.
During inspections, the magistrate checked price lists and prevailing rates of essential commodities at superstores and other business outlets. Action was taken against traders found charging consumers prices higher than the officially prescribed DC rates.
The magistrate carried out a total of 35 inspections during the enforcement drive and imposed fines amounting to Rs35,000 on the violators for overcharging. A shopkeeper was also booked for a serious violation of the Price Control Act while two individuals were arrested on the spot in connection with violations detected during the inspections.
Such enforcement activities aimed at protecting consumers from overcharging and ensuring that essential commodities remained available at officially notified prices, he added.