Senior PTI members profited from recent sugar crisis, FIA report claims

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has issued a report claiming senior PTI members were among those who benefited from the recent sugar crisis in the country.

According to the details, Prime Minister Imran Khan had ordered a probe into the crisis in February.

The FIA report named senior leader of PTI Jahangir Tareen and a brother of Minister for National Food Security Khusro Bakhtiar.

As said in the report, Tareen has gained the most from the recent crisis of sugar followed by Bakhtiar’s brother.

The report also claimed that the companies belonging to the close ally of PTI Moonis Elahi— Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi’s son and a key member of the PML-Q, have also gained profits from the sugar crisis.

However, it was not mentioned in the report that under whose influence the Punjab government issued huge subsidies to sugar mills or why the Economic Coordination Council (ECC) approved the decision of sugar exporting.

In a response to the FIA document, Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said he has faith that whatever the situation would be, PM Khan “will ensure justice”.

Tareen, while reacting to the report said that out of the Rs3bn current subsidy to the sugar mills, Rs2.5bn was given in PML-N’s government.