The legal metrology department today organized a day long consumer awareness program for wholesale dealers of Court Road here at conference hall of the department at Bemina.
The program was chaired by controller legal metrology AliAfsar Khan. Writer and Social activist Zareef Ahmad Zareef and Islamic scholarSanaullah also participated in the program.
The department explained to the wholesale dealers abouttheir duties and responsibilities in conducting fair business under legalmetrology and consumer protection Acts.
Zareef emphasised on the enforcement officers of thedepartment to intensify the inspections in order to prevent fraudulentpractices related to weights and measures in the markets and at the same timeappealed to traders to behave ethically with the consumers.
Sanaullah discussed the importance of consumer. ThePresident Wholesale Consumer Goods Association thanked the department forholding the event and assured to abide by legal metrology laws in letter andspirit.