Finance Secretary Arif Ahmed Khan has asked provincial governments to be more vigilant in controlling prices of essential commodities, reported by Radio Pakistan. 

Chairing the National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) in Islamabad, he said district prices control committees should play a pro-active role in checking the prices and see that undue profiteering is not taking place. 

The meeting was informed that Punjab Government has placed an excellent model for checking and controlling the prices particularly through video links in different districts.

The other provinces are also making efforts to control prices.