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| December 20, 2005 | Tuesday | Ziqa’ad 17, 1426 |
Manufacturing, sale of gutka continue
MIRPURKHAS, Dec 19: Manufacturing and sale of gutka and mainpuri is going on in full swing with the open support of the police in violation of the ban imposed by the Governor of Sindh, Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad.
The governor had directed the authorities concerned to take action against manufacturers of gutka and mainpuri and ensure the ban over its sale and manufacturing in Sindh.
Unfortunately some influential persons were involved in its manufacturing and sale under different names. Open sale of mainpuri continued in the city and with the covert backing of the local police.
Representatives of some NGOs including Crime Control and Social Welfare Association, Citizen Action Committee, Such Welfare Association and others have condemned the attitude of the local police and authorities for their failure to enforce the ban on sale and manufacturing of the items.
In separate press releases, these organisations demanded of the Sindh chief minister and the Sindh governor to take notice of the matter and take action against the officials for non-implementation of the order.
COMMISSION: Fruit commission agents were accused of extracting unjust commission from fruit sellers despite written complaints to district government.
No action has been taken against them so far. These allegations were levelled by the fruit sellers including Munna Qureshi, Sagheer, Ashfaque, Nadeem, Ashraf, Saeed, Ghulam Hussain, Shakeel and others while talking to this scribe on Monday.
They alleged that fruit commission agents including Badaruddin Qureshi, Mukhtiar, Tara Babu, Aslam Qureshi, the President of Fruit Commission Agent Association, Mirpurkhas, Umer Ashraf Arain, Lala Din Mohammad Shah, Khalil, Jamal Din Qureshi, Ibrar, Rasheed Qureshi were charging commission at the rate of Rs2 per bag from them.
They lamented that there was no basis for charging the commission and written complaints were submitted to the district government but no action was taken against them. They deplored that the Market Committee’s officials were supporting them.
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