Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Prime Minister Imran Khan has formed a committee to investigate the wheat shortage that has gripped the country in recent days.
According to the notification that surfaced in the media on Wednesday, the four-member committee will be headed by the Federal Investigation Agency Director-General, a representative of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), the director-general of Pun-jab Anti-Corruption Establishment and any other member selected by the FIA DG.
The committee, which has been asked to furnish its report by February 6, will as-certain the causes of the short-age, “circumstances leading to the wheat/ flour related controversy” and assess the future stock that led to “allowing export of wheat… and sub-sequent imposition of ban on exports”. The committee will also assess the management of wheat stocks within the federal and provincial governments as well as coordination among provinces.
