ISLAMABAD: A complaint seeking probe into the wheat scandal has been filed with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Sunday.
According to the complaint, the former caretaker food security minister in an interview with a private news channel made disclosures about the wheat scandal.
Dr. Kausar Abdullah Malik disclosed that the wheat was imported when four million tonnes of the grain was already in stock, the complainant said. “Dr Kausar Abdullah said that Captain (retd) Mohammad Mehmood was the secretary of food security at the time of the wheat import,” according to the complaint to NAB.
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The complainant has held the PASSCO, Food Department Punjab, and the ministries of commerce and finance responsible for the Rs 300 billion loss that the country suffered owing to unnecessary wheat import
The complainant has requested the anti-graft watch for an immediate investigation of the matter and action against those involved in the scandal. The copies of the complaint have also been forwarded to the President, Prime Minister, registrars of the Supreme Court, and the Lahore High Court.
