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QUETTA: Quetta Deputy Commissioner Main (retd) Aurangzeb Badini has rejected social media reviews that petrol is being bought in Quetta at an inflated worth as a result of non-availability of petroleum merchandise within the provincial capital.
“No one can be allowed to break the law in the city. Petrol is not being sold like this anywhere. If such a thing is found at any petrol pump, we will take strict legal action against profiteers and seal these petrol pumps,” he mentioned in a Twitter message.
Badini mentioned in Quetta petrol just isn’t being bought at a worth larger than the one mounted by the federal government and there’s no petrol pump the place petrol apart from excessive octane is being bought at a worth of Rs150 per liter.
He mentioned some social media posts painted an incorrect image about shortage of petrol within the metropolis. Subsequently, it has change into essential for the authenticities to focus on the information, he added.
“Yesterday, samples of petrol were taken from various petrol pumps in Quetta to ensure that the pumps were not selling ordinary petrol under the guise of high quality petrol,” Badini mentioned.
Printed in The Categorical Tribune, June 7th, 2020.
