PM shutters market committees in Punjab
Provincial authorities have also been ordered to reconstitute the agricultural marketing regulatory body
Prime Minister Imran Khan addressing a ceremony in Islamabad after witnessing an agreement signed between Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government and World Bank for ECO Tourism. SCREENGRAB
LAHORE:
Irked by reports of widespread corruption, Prime Minister Imran Khan has dissolved the market committees in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Furthermore, the premier has also ordered provincial authorities to reconstitute Punjab Agricultural Marketing Regulatory Authority (PAMRA). Officials familiar with the development said the provincial regulatory authority will undergo a complete reshuffle.
The move comes after provincial and federal authorities uncovered evidence of corruption in the market committees. It was further revealed that heads of several market committees had presented fake credentials before the government to represent farmers. On t