The FIA registered the case under money laundering, forgery, criminal breach of trust and cheating of public shareholders. Pakistan’s top investigative body has registered an FIR against top Opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s friend and three others in a multi-billion sugar scam. 4.35 billion in the case, while Mr. Shahbaz and his sons are facing similar charges amounting to Rs. The FIA said the court in fact has empowered it to go against those involved in the sugar scam without any discrimination. 150 billion fraud in production, sale and export of the commodity every year by sugar barons including Mr. Tareen and a brother of sitting federal minister Khusro Bakhtiar.

Source: The Hindu November 16, 2020 06:50 UTC