Prime Minister announces to bring those responsible for petrol crisis to a logical conclusion

Prime Minister announces to bring those responsible for petrol crisis to a logical conclusion

                                        

The federal cabinet has approved the setting up of a commission on petrol crisis. The members and chairman will be appointed soon

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced to bring those responsible for the petrol crisis to a logical conclusion. According to details, a meeting of the Federal Cabinet was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Imran Khan in which a 13-point agenda was considered and several were approved. The federal cabinet also approved the setting up of a commission on petrol crisis.

The members and head of the commission will be appointed soon. In the meeting, the Prime Minister announced that those responsible for the petrol crisis would be brought to a logical conclusion. The Prime Minister approved the import of wheat. He said that the sugar crisis would not be tolerated at all. The Prime Minister, while deciding to crack down on hoarders, said that immediate action should be taken against the hoarders of sugar and raids should be carried out against hoarding.

It should be noted that the Prime Minister had decided to crack down on the sugar mafia yesterday. The Prime Minister ordered the FBR, NAB, SECP and FIA to investigate. A letter has also been written to the Governor State Bank, Competition Commission and 3 provinces. The federal government has ordered to submit the implementation report within 90 days. The government has ordered the FBR to audit all sugar mills across the country.

The government has also directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to investigate the financial affairs of sugar mills and their owners in the wake of the cabinet decision. Despite paying subsidies to sugar mills, there will also be investigations into underpayments to farmers. Barrister Shehzad Akbar, Advisor on Accountability and Admission, has written letters to the Governor SBP, the Competition Commission and the three provinces on the directive of the Prime Minister. The federal government has also written letters to the chief secretaries of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh asking the provincial governments to investigate various sugar mills in view of the Sugar Commission report.