Rs.22b corruption in cheap flour scheme, former PM Shahid Khaqan’s allegation comes true
Punjab Food Department's investigation confirmed allegations of former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Food Department of Punjab has sealed allegations of former Prime Minister and Senior Vice President of Muslim League (N) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Food Department of Punjab has sought details of 1.8 lakh bags of free flour scheme missing in various cities of province including Lahore. Will caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif respond to this corruption?
Caretaker government of Punjab had launched a free flour scheme in Punjab on instructions of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, which was accused by leader of Muslim League (N) and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and said that in free flour scheme. More than 20 billion rupees of corruption have been committed. However, Shehbaz Sharif government in federal government and caretaker government in Punjab rejected Shahid Khaqan’s corruption allegations.
However, now Punjab Food Department, while starting a corruption investigation of Rs 20 billion, has sought details of 18 lakh bags of flour from across Punjab, which were allegedly missing.
According to a report, bags of free flour scheme were allegedly missing in Lahore, Kasur, Sheikhupura, and Nankana Sahib.
Commissioner Lahore has directed 4 DCs to form an immediate inquiry committee in the case of alleged fraud in the free flour scheme in Ramadan.
According to food department officials, around 2 lakh bags of free flour scheme were allegedly missing in Kasur. The authorities have sought a report from the distributors.
Officials of the Food Department say that 150,000 bags of free flour were removed from Sheikhupura while 50,000 bags of free flour were removed from Nankana Sahib.
According to the officials of the Food Department, flour worth crores of rupees allegedly disappeared in Lahore Division.
According to officials, the search for more than 100 flour trucks under the free flour scheme is on.
According to sources in the Food Department, the value of the bags of flour allegedly missing from Lahore is said to be more than 13 crore rupees.
According to the officials, a clear difference in the distribution of flour has been observed in the data entries, the situation will be clarified after the investigation of the cases. He says that if anyone is involved in the free flour scheme, strict action will be taken against him.
It should be noted that on April 29, 2023, while addressing an event in Lahore, former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi revealed that more than 20 billion rupees of corruption has been committed in the free flour scheme.
20 billion rupees was stolen in Shahbaz Sharif’s flour scheme, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
شہباز شریف کی آٹا اسکیم میں 20ارب روپے کی چوری ہوئی، شاہد خاقان عباسی
19اپریل کو میں نے خبر دے دی تھی، شاہد خاقان نے کنفرم کر دی، چوری 12 نہیں 20 ارب روپے کی ہوئی https://t.co/nIjrSjcgpu pic.twitter.com/VFID4JulLB
— احمد وڑائچ (@ahmad_sarwar_) April 29, 2023
He said that the government introduced the free flour distribution scheme with a budget of only 84 billion rupees, in which there was corruption of more than 20 billion rupees. What did the poor get for which 84 billion rupees were spent?
On the other hand, Information and Broadcasting Minister Maryam Aurangzeb, while reacting to the statement of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, rejected the accusation and said that despite the inflation, free flour was distributed to millions of poor people in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Islamabad with complete honesty and transparency. went. The flour scheme was supervised by the Prime Minister himself.
رمضان میں پنجاب،خیبرپختونخوا , سندھ اور اسلام آباد میں کروڑوں غریبوں کو اس مہنگائی میں پوری شفافیت اور ایمان داری سے مفت آٹا فراہم ہوا، وزیراعظم شہباز شریف نے خود نگرانی کی، شہروں کے دورے کرکے جائزہ لیا۔ تاریخی سکیم کی کامیابی میں انتظامی افسران اور عملے نے دن رات محنت کی جو…
— Marriyum Aurangzeb (@Marriyum_A) April 29, 2023
However, now the Punjab Food Department’s inquiry against the alleged corruption in the free flour scheme has confirmed that the allegations of senior PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi were true.
