Lahore: Jahangir Khan Tareen – a close aid of Prime Minister Imran khan, has expressed his intentions of challenging the investigative committee on sugar and wheat crises if it holds him responsible.
Jahangir Tareen has stated that he has been cooperating with FIA and investigative committee tasked to probe into sugar and wheat crisis.
“The sugar inquiry commission has been actively engaging with about 10 mills, including 3 of mine. We are sharing all records asked for. We have given free access even to our server. Nothing has been seized as we are fulfilling all requests. We have nothing to hide,” he tweeted.
Earlier, a 32-page investigative report by FIA on sugar price hike, revealed that PTI’s former secretary general Jahangir Khan Tareen and Federal Minister for National Food Security Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar were among the main beneficiaries. Both of them benefited from Rs1.03 billion subsidy on the export of sugar, paid out from the taxpayers’ money, which was equal to 41% of the total subsidy the government of Punjab paid to sugar barons, according to the report.
An inquiry commission has been established by Prime Minister Imran Khan under the Commission of Inquiry Act of 2017, to further investigate into the matter.
