Action against sugar mafia will be taken soon: Shibli Faraz 

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Shibli Faraz has said that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s promise to take action against the sugar mafia will be fulfilled soon.

On social media website Twitter on Sunday, the information minister said that an important meeting chaired by the prime minister will be held at Bani Gala today and its decisions will be announced in a press conference afterward.

Pm Imran khan promise,to go after those who patronised & benefited sugar mafia by fleecing public at large, soon to be fulfilled . A very important meeting to be held today in Banigala followed by a press conference.

— Senator Shibli Faraz (@shiblifaraz) June 7, 2020

It is to be mentioned here that Prime Minister Imran Khan has summoned a high-level meeting today to take decisions against those found responsible for the sugar crisis in the country as per investigation.

Sources said the meeting to be chaired by Imran Khan will decide over registering cases against the people found guilty of their involvement in the sugar crisis.

“The government is expected to take a big decision against those responsible of sugar crisis in the country,” sources added.

The decisions to be taken by the meeting would be announced by Adviser to Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar.

On May 21, Prime Minister Imran Khan had approved to make public the inquiry report of the sugar crisis inquiry commission after a special meeting of the federal cabinet.

The cabinet gave approval after the inquiry commission presented a forensic report on the sugar crisis in the federal cabinet session. Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Wajid Zia had briefed the members of the cabinet on the report.

Special Assistant to the Prime minister on accountability Shahzad Akbar had declared the findings of the inquiry report on the sugar crisis public.

Addressing a press conference alongside information minister Shibli Faraz, Akbar said that it was the first time that an independent inquiry had been conducted into the matter as promised by the prime minister.

Shahzad Akbar said the report found irregularities as it reveals that certain sugar mills used informal receipts.

He said that mill owners conducted informal banking with the farmers. This affected farmers as it was an unregulated process, while mill owners had received profits of up to 35 percent.