Monday, April 6, 2020

Pakistan PM reshuffles cupboard after damning record on ...

Imran Khan wearing a suit and tie © offered through WION

Pakistan prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday reshuffled his cupboard and sacked some key advisors for their alleged position in a contemporary sugar and wheat crisis the country.

Khan's circulation comes just days after a report by means of the Federal Investigation company (FIA) without delay or in some way blamed some ministers and officers within the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) govt for the sugar and wheat crisis.

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The FIA in its 32-web page file final week termed the govt's decision to permit export of sugar unjustified as it pushed up cost of sugar by means of 30 per cent in the beginning of the 12 months.

the key casualty of Monday's circulate became Jehangir Khan Tareen, the chairman of assignment force on Agriculture. He changed into regarded very near Khan and had played a key role in cobbling up the latest coalition government.

regarded as the leading sugar mogul, he changed into accused of pocketing tens of hundreds of thousands of rupees in direct government subsidies as well through artificial expense hike.

prime minister's office in a statement pointed out that Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar will get replaced with the aid of Syed Fakhar Imam as the federal minister for country wide food protection.

Bakhtiar was given the cost for the Ministry of economic Affairs.

Bakhtiar changed into no longer direct beneficiary however his brother owned sugar mills which benefitted from the crisis.

Khan also appointed Babar Awan as his political guide and Azam Swati as minister for narcotics manage, Syed Fakhar Imam as minister for meals security and Hammad Azhar as minister for industries.

Abdul Razzak Dawood, consultant on Industries and chairman of Sugar Advisory Board, changed into also eliminated.

The top minister additionally approved the resignation of Muttahida Qaumi move-Pakistan's Khalid Maqbool Siddique as the federal minister for information expertise and Telecommunication and appointed MQM-P's Amin ul Haq in his region.

Khan additionally sacked Mohammad Shahzad Arbab as his adviser on civil carrier affairs. He additionally eliminated Hashim Popalzai as secretary ministry of food safety and appointed Omar Hameed in his area.

The motion became taken after Khan promised now not to spare those found responsible of developing and profiteering off the sugar and wheat disaster.

although, further action can be taken after the compilation of a detailed document.

one at a time, the govt eliminated Shabbar Zaidi as the Federal Board of profits (FBR) chairman and appointed Nausheen Javaid Amjad in his place.

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