The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has collected PKR 90 million in penalties from two major electronic home appliance brands after finding them guilty of engaging in anti-competitive practices.
According to the CCP, both companies were restricting their dealers from selling products below fixed prices, offering discounts, or providing package deals—actions that stifled healthy price competition in the market. This conduct, the Commission stated, was a clear violation of the Competition Act, 2010.
Although the brands challenged the decision before the Competition Appellate Tribunal (CAT), the Tribunal upheld the CCP’s findings and ordered them to pay the penalties within 30 days. The full payment has now been received by the Commission.
The CCP has once again warned all businesses to avoid price-fixing practices, including setting resale price limits or placing restrictions on promotional offers, stressing that such actions harm consumers and disrupt free market competition in Pakistan.
