PTI govt gave only Rs2.4b subsidy to sugar industry: Shahzad
May 27, 2020 06:09 PM
Prime Minister's Special Assistant on Accountability Shahzad Akbar addressing a press conference on Wednesday in Islamabad said PTI government has given a subsidy of only Rs 2.4 billion out of Rs 29 billion in the last five years to the sugar industry.
https://twitter.com/RadioPakistan/status/1265588404470771714
Shahzad Akber said that in the last five years, a subsidy of Rs 29 billion had been given and PTI government had sanctioned subsidy of only Rs 2.4 billion.
Shahzad Akbar said that the Prime Minister has set up a commission on sugar fluctuations.
The commission wrote that Shahid Khaqan Abbasi could not satisfy the commission regarding the subsidy, he added.
“Salman Shehbaz was with the Sugar Mills Association and met with Shahid Khaqan Abbasi who after the meeting hastily gave a subsidy of Rs 20 billion.”
He claimed that Shahid Kahqan Abbasi's Air Blue is going to be very profitable who dipped the Pakistan’s national carrier.
He said that, ”How could the Sindh government has lagged behind when all this happened? There is Murad Ali Shah Sahib. The Sindh government also gave a subsidy of Rs 4.1 billion and basically Salman Shehbaz was the beneficiary.”
Yet another burden on people: Govt hikes oil prices
Public reacts to Bohemia's music video ‘Salsa’ starring Sistrology
Saudis offered PIA, airports, joint ventures to build five-star hotels
Finance minister rules out further rupee devaluation
Terror attack on Chinese nationals foiled in Karachi
Post-mortem report says woman’s death caused by her falling off train
