RAWALPINDI, Sept 21: Rawal Town nazim Sheikh Rashid Shafiq has urged the traders’ community to cooperate with the administration to control prices of daily-use items during the holy month of Ramazan.

Speaking to the representatives of trader associations at a meeting on Thursday, he said hoarding and profiteering were legal as well moral crime. He asked the traders to take into account the difficulties of the common man.

He also asked the traders to display the price lists issued by the DCO office in their shops and inform the administration if there was any increase in the prices of daily-use items. He said magistrates would be appointed to check the price list and the violators would be dealt with according to the law.

He also asked the traders to cooperate with the administration in the removal of encroachments from the city. The traders offered their suggestions for the removal of encroachments and improvement of traffic situation in the city.