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You can buy ‘only sugar’ from Utility Stores
Condition to buy other items along with sweetener dropped
Keeping quality control was the top priority
ISLAMABAD:
The condition to buy other groceries along with sugar from Utility Stores has been dropped.
A meeting of the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly, chaired by Rana Tanveer Hussain, reviewed the audit paras of the Utility Store Corporation.
The panel examined the appropriation of accounts for the year 2018-19 and audit report for the year 2019-20.
The audit officials told the participants of the meeting that around an amount of Rs680 million was lost to corruption in the corporation from 2015 to 2020.
Govt changes head of FIA sugar crisis JIT
Dr Muhammad Rizwan replaced with Abu Bakar Khuda Baksh as inquiry officer
Free trade in sugar would make consumers better off by discouraging hoarding and over-pricing in the domestic market. PHOTO: FILE
LAHORE:
In an interesting development, the government has changed the head of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) led joint investigation team (JIT) probing into a sugar crisis.
The government on Monday notified that the FIA Lahore Director Dr Muhammad Rizwan has been replaced with Additional Director Abu Bakar Khuda Baksh as an inquiry officer.
Dr Rizwan had not only supervised the crackdown against the sugar mafia responsible for shortage of the commodity but also carried out investigations against PTI disgruntled leader Jahangir Tareen and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif.