KARACHI: In a bid to combat the smuggling and hoarding of essential commodities, including wheat, sugar, and fertilizer, the Food Department of Sindh has taken decisive action against alleged.
Rawalpindi NAB speeds up probe into Sindh tractor subsidy scam
National
April 15, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau, Rawalpindi, has increased the pace of investigations into a scam in the Sindh Tractor Subsidy scheme.
The NAB Rawalpindi had already arrested three accused persons, Executive Engineer in Food Department of Sindh, Aftab Ahmed, and two tractor dealers Ghulam Sarwar and Tara Chand, in the tractors case and presented them before the Accountability Court, Islamabad. The Accountability Court granted their 14-day remand into NAB cusody.
The Government of Sindh had launched four different subsidy schemes in the year 2013 to 2016 (Phase-III) for providing subsidized tractors to farmers in Sindh through the Agriculture Engineering and Water Management, Hyderabad. During the said schemes, M/s Orient Automotive Industries (Pvt) Ltd, a holding company of OMNI Group, provided 2,993 tractors and received Rs793.5 million from the Government of Sindh as subsidy.
Rawalpindi NAB speeds up probe into Sindh tractor subsidy case
National
April 15, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau, Rawalpindi, has increased the pace of investigations into a scam in the Sindh Tractor Subsidy scheme.
The NAB Rawalpindi had already arrested three accused persons, Executive Engineer in Food Department of Sindh, Aftab Ahmed, and two tractor dealers Ghulam Sarwar and Tara Chand, in the tractors case and presented them before the Accountability Court, Islamabad. The Accountability Court granted their 14-day remand into NAB custody.
The Government of Sindh had launched four different subsidy schemes in the year 2013 to 2016 (Phase-III) for providing subsidized tractors to farmers in Sindh through the Agriculture Engineering and Water Management, Hyderabad.