Parliamentary Secretary on Law and Justice Barrister Maleeka Bokhari on Saturday said that sugar inquiry commission’s report would be released by next week.

Speaking on a TV programme, she said that whoever is found responsible in the sugar inquiry report would face punishment. “It is for the first time that a commission was formed to probe sugar crisis and report on the matter is publicized,” the PTI federal lawmaker said.

She said that a subsidy was also given on sugar during Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government, however, no inquiry was carried out on the matter.

Barrister Maleeka Bokhari said that the former rulers did not want anyone to question them for their corrupt practices.

Speaking on the occasion, PPP leader Latif Khosa lauded that for the first time sugar crisis came under probe. He, however, said that Chief Minister of Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah did not appear before the commission as its terms of references (ToRs) did not allow him to do so.