National
April 22, 2021
LAHORE: The Punjab government has intensified the crackdown on profiteers across the province, arresting 719 persons and lodging 1406 FIRs in the last 10 days during the holy month of Ramazan.
The price control magistrates also imposed fines of about Rs 34.5 million during the raids conducted in different cities. The report on the crackdown was presented at a meeting chaired by Provincial Minister for Industries Mian Aslam Iqbal. The Chief Secretary Punjab, Additional Chief Secretary, secretaries of Food, Agriculture and Industries department, Commissioner Lahore, Cane Commissioner Punjab and relevant officers attended the meeting while the divisional commissioners participated through video link.
NAB summons Punjab industries minister, ex-food minister in sugar scam
April 22, 2021
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has reportedly summoned Punjab Minister for Industries Mian Aslam in connection with the ongoing investigation into the sugar scam.
Sources privy to the matter said that Mian Aslam Iqbal and former minister food Samiullah Chaudhry have been asked to appear before NAB Rawalpindi on May 4. The NAB’s combined investigation team will grill Mian Aslam Iqbal into the scam.
The minister has been asked to appear before the committee along with the sugar subsidy record from 2018 to 2019 and a record regarding export permission has also been sought. Furthermore, the record of subsidies provided to the sugar mills in Punjab have also been sought by the NAB’s team, sources said.