OBSERVER REPORT
ISLAMABAD The National Accountability Bureau has started an inquiry into the wheat and sugar crises after the government handed over the case to the country’s premier graftbuster after receiving a report from the Federal Investigation Agency. According to sources, NAB Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal has assigned the inquiry to Irfan Mangi, the director general of NAB Rawalpindi. The NAB chairman has also directed Mangi to submit a report within a month, they added. “After receiving the case from the government, NAB has begun inquiry to bring the culprits to book,” a source said. “NAB has decided to take full legal action after thoroughly reviewing the legal aspects of the flour and sugar scandal.” Other sources said that NAB’s hands were tied in cases of action against government officials because of the amendments to the NAB Ordinance. But they added that after taking over the case from the FIA, the NAB would no longer be a silent spectator over the billions of rupees scandal. Prime minister Imran Khan had constituted two high-powered committees headed by the FIA director general and comprising a senior officer of the Intelligence Bureau and the director general of the Anti-Corruption Establishment of Punjab to investigate the recent wheat flour and sugar crises.
