RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Food, and Chairman Price Control Committee Punjab Bilal Yasin has said the government is aiming to provide essential items to the masses at affordable rates throughout the province.

He said the instructions had been issued to district administrations to keep a vigilant eye on the prices of essential food items, besides, stimulating market committees.

He was talking to media men after monitoring rates of essential commodities at the ‘Itwaar Bazaars’ of Shadman and Gulshan-e-Ravi. He said that the system of fixing prices of essential food items under authoritative checking.

Bilal Yasin also directed the security officers at an ‘Atwaar Bazaar’ in Gulshan-e-Ravi to arrange separate checking counters for women at all entry points. He also directed sanitation staff to ensure the place and environment clean.