The Tehreek Tahaffuz-E-Ain has written to the president of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi, urging him to take a warning of Suo Motu of an alleged scandal of the sugar industry in which the Mills benefited by RS300 billion due to the recent price fluctuations.
In a letter addressed to the CJP, Vice President Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar requested the formation of a commission under article 184 (3) of the Constitution to investigate the suspicion of manipulation of regulatory policies and failures.
Khokhar requested that the issue urgently refer to a three -members committee or that the letter be treated as a formal request to initiate judicial procedures.
“The future of the country’s economic stability and citizens’ trust in government depends on a rapid and decisive action,” added the letter.
In addition, he stressed that the Public Accounts Committee was informed on Tuesday, July 29, which Sugar Mills had won RS300 billion through recent rate increases.
CCP reprogramming audience
The Pakistan Competition Commission (CCP) has postponed the hearing of the Sugar poster case after more than 70 sugar factories requested a delay, citing the lack of legal advisor due to the summer break of the Supreme Court.
In a statement issued on Monday, the PCCH announced that the hearing will now take place from September 22 to 25. The decision follows multiple deplication supplications presented by Sugar Mills.
More than 50 factories have also filed appeals in the Supreme Court that challenged the decision of the court that ordered the PCCH to test the case.
The commission clarified that the hearing has been deferred once to meet the requirements of a fair trial. However, he emphasized that no more delay or postponement would be granted.
The PCCH declared that the procedures of the case will be carried out daily.
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At the beginning of May, the Competition Court of Appeals had returned the case to the PCCH to listen again after announcing its verdict on the appeals presented by Sugar Mills and the association against a RS44b fine.
The court instructed that the case is rejected under the supervision of the president of the PCCH or any other member who was not previously involved in the hearings.
The court also ordered the commission to complete the new hearing and issue a verdict within 90 days.
In 2021, the PCCH imposed a fine of RS44 billion in the PSMA and its member factories to form a poster to set sugar prices and participate in other anti -competitive practices.
