{"id":66903,"date":"2025-03-02T14:04:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T09:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=66903"},"modified":"2025-03-02T14:04:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T09:04:01","slug":"punjab-cm-maryam-directs-strict-action-against-price-hike-during-ramadan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/punjab-cm-maryam-directs-strict-action-against-price-hike-during-ramadan\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab CM Maryam directs strict action against price hike during Ramadan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/kp-cm-gandapur-announces-free-laptop-scheme-for-students\/\">Punjab Chief Minister<\/a> Maryam Nawaz has taken a strong stance against price hikes and hoarding in the province, directing the chief secretary to personally oversee the drive.<\/p>\n<p>In a meeting chaired in Lahore on Sunday, CM Maryam Nawaz emphasized the importance of prominently displaying government<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/gold-rate-in-pakistan-today-march-2-2025\/\"> rate lists<\/a> on all shops and strictly monitoring the demand and supply of essential items to prevent hoarding.<span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\"><\/p>\n<p>The Punjab government has also\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">brought<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">measures to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">control<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0prices of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">basic<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0commodities during\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">the month of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">Ramadan<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">check<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0inflation and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">help<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">masses<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">Under<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/ramadan-relief-package-2025-check-eligibility-criteria-inside\/\">Ramzan Nigabhan Relief Package<\/a>, the administration is\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">trying<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">provide<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0affordable\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">prices<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0for\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">major<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0food items<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">such<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">as\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">vegetables, flour, sugar, and dates. 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In a meeting chaired in Lahore on Sunday, CM Maryam Nawaz emphasized the importance of prominently displaying government rate lists on all shops and strictly monitoring the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":40699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26878,15725,26877],"class_list":["post-66903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-price-hike-in-ramadan","tag-punjab-chief-minister-maryam-nawaz","tag-ramzan-nigabhan-relief-package"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66904,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66903\/revisions\/66904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}