Sugar, wheat crises reports: PM Imran awaits report by high powered commission

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said Sunday that he was awaiting the report by the high powered commission before taking action against those who profiteered from the sugar wheat crisis. His tweet came a day after an FIA report said PTI’s Jahangir Tareen and Khusro Bakhtiar’s brother benefited the most from the sugar crisis a couple of months ago.

In a couple of tweets, the prime minister took a jab at previous leaderships, saying that their lack of moral courage prevented such reports from being made public.

“As promised preliminary reports into sudden price hikes of sugar & wheat have been released immed without alteration/tampering.This is unprecedented in Pak’s history.Prev pol ldrships bec of their vested interests & compromises lacked moral courage to order & release such reports,” he tweeted.

“I await the detailed forensic reports now by the high-powered commission, which will come out on 25 April, before taking action. InshaAllah, after these reports come out no powerful lobby will be able to profiteer at the expense of our public.”

I await the detailed forensic reports now by the high-powered commission, which will come out on 25 April, before taking action. InshaAllah, after these reports come out no powerful lobby will be able to profiteer at the expense of our public.

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) April 5, 2020

The FIA report said that among the people named in the FIA report, who benefited from the sugar crisis, are Jahangir Tareen and a brother of Minister for National Food Security Khusro Bakhtiar.

Tareen was said by the report to have benefitted the most from the sugar crisis followed by Bakhtiar’s brother.

The report also claims that the companies belonging to Moonis Elahi — an ally of the party — profited from the sugar crisis. Elahi is Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi’s son and a key member of the PML-Q.