sugar crisis

Cabinet to hold public debate on Reforms Committee to firm up proposals

Says management of commodities a provincial subject after the 18th Amendment

29 lawmakers attend dinner hosted by ex-PTI secretary general

Office-bearers complain no govt high-up ready to talk to them

SECP's notice seeking record from Al-Arabia Sugar Mills also declared null and void

Say releasing advertisement and asking cultivators to file complaints without listening to their stance is ‘illegal’

Hearing of the case has been adjourned for a month

LHC seeks reply on plea against action on commission's report

FBR notifies withdrawal of WHT, 17% sales tax

Court dismisses mill owners' appeal against inquiry

Decision will not prevent authorities, including NAB and FBR, to proceed against sugar mill owners

Food officers are directed to ensure monitoring of flour mills

PM Imran also orders actions against wheat hoarders

Seeks investigation reports from FIA, SECP, CCP, FBR, SBP within 90 days

Tells IHC interior ministry issued inquiry commission notification instead of cabinet

Attorney general to present arguments today

Mills’ counsel says govt cannot change constitution of a judicial commission once it is formed

Shahzad Akbar says cabinet has already approved a strategy in wake of January sugar crisis

Rejects request to stop govt from taking action on basis of inquiry commission’s reports

Court inquires if notification regarding formation of inquiry commission was published in Gazette of Pakistan

Solution lies in deregulating market, removing curbs on setting up industries

Concerned officers have been empowered to initiate legal action based on sugar commission findings

 Mills questions IHC’s ‘hasty’ order in sugar crisis case

Federal govt has questioned mill owners approaching the SHC after the matter was decided by IHC

SAPM questions sugar price coming down to Rs70/kg without action

Action against sugar mafia urged

Market reforms will bring transparency, remove some of system’s ills

SAPM says there was surplus stock of sweetener when PTI govt allowed its export

The APKF chairman demanded that the government should announce a package for the farmers

PSMA says commission made mistakes, distorted facts

Moonis Elahi says he backs commission’s recommendations

Govt makes damning report public; mill owners hid profits and exploited farmers

Commission to submit forensic audit to federal cabinet

Shibli Faraz says PTI serious about accountability as people had reposed trust in the party

Govt delays decision for two weeks to assess impact on sugar prices

PTI govt should not intervene as its policy distorts market, harms poor the most

Unproductive rents harm all of us but benefit a few people who use political connections to restrict competition

PML-N president assails govt for delay in sugar crisis forensic audit

Inquiry report was supposed to be submitted on April 25

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi writes letter to FIA DG, says he and Khurram Dastagir have useful information to share

NAB Rawalpindi DG to head investigation and submit report in a month

Test for prime minister how he handles situation in face of all odds

Association writes letter to agency’s chief rejecting the findings of inquiry committee’s probe

Let the house be put in order and may the people in charge look before they leap

People expect government to reform system that leads to malpractices

It is not in national interest to damage sugar industry through rash steps

The entire system is rigged and geared for corruption by rewarding the rich at the expense of the poor

Quoting premier, SAPM says no one will be allowed to create hindrances in the way of justice

The report also helped open a can of worms in Punjab

Wahab said the report had raised questions about the Centre’s performance