PM Imran Khan forms three member high level probe committee headed by DG FIA

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2020-02-22T14:33:44+05:00 News Desk

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan forms three member high level probe committee headed by DG Federal Investigation Agency.

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday commissioned a three-member committee led by the director-general of the (DG) Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to probe the recent sugar price crisis, *The News * link reported*.* link

According to a statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office, “The committee shall identify and fix responsibility, if any, on any individual, officer or organisation or any purported benefit to a private party, besides suggesting a way forward for future course of action.”

The other two members of the committee will be a representative of the Intelligence Bureau not below grade 20/21, and the director-general of the Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment.

The committee will investigate the matter from various angles, keeping in view 14 questions, including whether the initial export of sugar (which exacerbated the crisis) justified.

The committee is also interested in whether any subsidy was given on the export of sugar and what the impact of that subsidy was, and who benefited from it."

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