Altaf Hamid Rao.
MIRPUR (AJK), (Parliament Times) : Under the spirit to ensure the required supply of edibles to the general consumers at subsidized rates during the Holy month of Ramzan, Mirpur district administration here yesterday inaugurated special Ramzan Bazar outside Quaid-e-Azam International Cricket stadium.
DC Mirpur Yasir Riaz Chaudhry and SSP Kamran Ali inaugurated the ‘Inexpensive Ramadan Bazar’ at special ceremony at attended by large number of the city elite besides the tehsil and district administration officials including Tehsildar Mirpur Imran Yousaf Chaudhry, Acting Divisional Director PID Javed Malik and others.
“Quality items of daily use including those of edible will be available at Ramzan Bazar at inexpensive rates as compared to the general market”, Deputy Commissioner Yasir Riaz Chaudhry told media here on this occasion.
Venders at Ramzan bazaars will be bound to display the rate lists of the commodities, determined by the authorities, at a visible place at their sale points from 8.30 in the morning till evening, he said.
Tehsildar Mirpur Imran Yousaf Chaudhry will directly supervise and monitor the supply of edibles at subsidised rates, fixed by the dustrict administration to the consumers from the Inexpensive Ramadan Bazatmr in Mirpur and rest of the sub division.
Meanwhile official sources told this Correspondent here Monday that all the district administrations in all 10 AJK districts have taken stringent measures to discourage profiteering, hoarding and artificial scarcity of edible items during and after the Holy month of Ramzan.
They said that those involved in such unlawful exercise will be taken to task.
The sources said that sanctity of this Holy month will be maintained in all circumstances.
The sources said that edibles including mutton, beef, chicken, sugar, vegetables, fruit, atta, rice, pulses and other items will be available at inexpensive rates at Ramzan bazaars as fixed by the administration.
