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April 12, 2020

After sugar, wheat, PM Imran Khan stares down power mafia

ISLAMABAD: While the dust of sugar and floor scandals is yet to settle, an annual swindling of over Rs100 billion by the power sector is appearing on the horizon as a major scam.The nine-member committee headed by ex-SECP chairman Muhammad Ali has traced the Independent Power Plants scam minting over Rs100 billion annually. The first ever inquiry report of 278 pages has revealed that the wrong doings are not only limited to the true up costs of IPPs and the powerhouses installed under...