Barrister Dr. Saif exposes Sharif family’s sugar empire, reveals how import-export manipulation doubled prices to Rs. 200/kg
Peshawar:Advisor to the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Information and Public Relations, Barrister Dr. Saif, has demanded the formation of a judicial commission to investigate the ongoing sugar scandal. He stated that after wheat, now through the manipulation of sugar import and export, the sugar mill mafia has been granted undue benefits. Dr. Saif called for an independent and transparent investigation into the sugar scandal and strict punishment for those involved.
He emphasized that it is crystal clear that the sugar mill mafia is directly linked to the ruling elite. Several sugar mills are owned by the Sharif family, who have allegedly gained billions of rupees through this import-export manipulation. Barrister Dr. Saif claimed that Rs. 38 billion have been extracted from the public’s pockets and funneled into the hands of the sugar mafia through this scheme, while the ruling class, in collaboration with the mafia, continues to exploit the people.
Instead of providing relief to the public, the government is favoring the sugar mill mafia, he added. The Sharif family, in partnership with the sugar mafia, is allegedly looting the nation. National resources have suffered irreparable losses—first in the name of sugar export and then under the guise of sugar import.
He criticized that those who previously protested sugar prices at Rs. 110 per kilogram during Imran Khan’s tenure have now gone silent, as the current “fake” government has raised sugar prices to Rs. 200 per kilogram through collusion with the sugar mafia. Barrister Dr. Saif accused the current government of abandoning the public to the mercy of the sugar mafia while securing their own share of the profits.
He concluded by stating that due to the decades-long dominance of the political elite, the country has been set back economically. The poor are being forced into starvation, while the political elite remain indifferent, building palaces abroad with taxpayers’ money, as the general public is crushed under the burden of inflation.