Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry presided over a meeting on prevention of smuggling of wheat, sugar, fertilizer and essential commodities. Secretary Food, Interior, Industry including customs and special branch officials, concerned commissioners, deputy commissioners, director PMRU participated in the meeting. Actions should be made stricter against the elements involved in the smuggling of essential goods. The district administration continues to take measures to remedy hoarding. Chief Secretary. Smuggling and hoarding should be tackled on the basis of intelligence sharing. Chief Secretary. 21 check posts have been established in ten border districts to prevent smuggling. The briefing 57 tonnes of sugar in Peshawar and 22 tonnes of sugar stored in Khyber district were confiscated. The briefing

Confiscated sugar is sold to the public after legal action.The district administration should ensure strict monitoring of dealers' stocks. Chief Secretary. The district administration should pay special attention to controlling the supply of essential commodities in the border districts. Chief Secretary. In Ramadan, 6,235 units have been fined more than 29 million rupees for violating the relevant laws.