The former foreign minister was speaking during a National Assembly (NA) session during which he talked about the recent sugar crisis in the country. “The prime minister has admitted that ‘I am surrounded by mafias’. Asif called on the government to expose the mafia that was “playing with people’s hunger” and making money from the sugar and wheat crisis. Asif also called on the speaker to empower the NA and make committees to get to the bottom of the sugar crisis. During the incumbent government’s 15 months, sugar prices have shot up to as high as Rs64 a kilo.

Source: Pakistan Today February 06, 2020 17:37 UTC