LAHORE: A City District Government of Lahore (CDGL) team, consisting of livestock department officials, seized on Monday 750 kilo diseased and dead animals’ meat and discarded into the River Ravi.

According to a spokesperson for the CDGL, the officials stopped a vehicle at Sherakot Area (near Babu Sabu) carrying meat being transported to Lahore from Chishtian (Bahawalnagar).

After checking, the team declared the meat to be of dead animals and got arrested Muhammad Afzal.

PRICE: Price control magistrates on Monday got arrested 26 shopkeepers for overcharging and selling substandard commodities to the customers.

They also imposed a fine of Rs75,500 on several others, according to a spokesman.

Published in Dawn March 3rd , 2015

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