LAKKI MARWAT: Deputy commissioner Abdul Haseeb has asked the middlemen working at the fruit and vegetable markets to reduce their profit margin on the sale of commodities so that people could buy the commodities at cheaper rates in the market.

During a visit to wholesale markets in Lakki city and Naurang on Sunday morning, he monitored the bidding and rate fixation process of vegetables and fruits.

He said the administration would oversee the sale and purchase of fruit and vegetable in markets on a daily basis. He asked the middlemen to provide maximum relief to general public during Ramazan.

The deputy commissioner also asked the people to visit sasta bazaars in Lakki and Naurang towns to get commodities on subsidised rates.

Also on Sunday, additional AC Ishaq Ali Khan fined several butchers in Lakki city for not displaying official price list at their outlets. He visited bazaars in Meenakhel, Mela Mandi, Lorry Adda, Saeedkhel Mor and Michenkhel localities following complaints that butchers were selling meat at exorbitant prices.

Lakki DC monitors bidding process at local markets

In Bannu, assistant commissioners Tayyeb Hayat and Osman Ashraf and additional AC Mohammad Zaman visited bazaars and bus terminals to check closure of shops and inter-district transport under weekly lockdown.

Mr Hayat took notice of the violation of lockdown by some traders and imposed fines on them.

KILLED: A teenager was shot dead in Asgherkhel village here on Sunday.

Police said Mohammad Rehan, 17, was sitting at the village’s common guest room when Saddam Khan and Mohammad Sajjad allegedly came and opened fire on him.

They said Rehan was seriously wounded and taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. They said the killers had forbidden the victim from having friendship with one Shoaib. The police have registered a case against the alleged killers.

Meanwhile, police registered an FIR against three persons for killing two young boys in Wanda Kalan the other day. They said complainant Sakhi Marjan had nominated Sifatullah, Aurangzeb and Zahidullah for the murder of his son Saqibullah, 18, and grandson Danish, 16.

Published in Dawn, April 19th, 2021