A case has been filed against Zahoor Ahmed, and the former PASSCO MD is also expected to be included in the investigation.
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested Zahoor Ahmed, the former General Manager of Pakistan Agricultural Storage & Services Corporation (PASSCO), in connection with a wheat procurement corruption case.
The FIA spokesperson reported that Zahoor Ahmed was detained for allegedly tampering with the wheat procurement policy set by PASSCO’s Managing Director (MD).
This policy alteration involved purchasing wheat through middlemen rather than directly from farmers. Ahmed issued a policy letter to district officers, using the MD’s signature to enforce this change.
A case has been filed against Zahoor Ahmed, and the former PASSCO MD is also expected to be included in the investigation.
Earlier, in May the FIA had already initiated a corruption case against three PASSCO officials for alleged embezzlement exceeding one billion rupees in a wheat distribution scam.
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The accused are General Manager Field Zahoor Ranjha, Zonal Head Borewala Rao Akram, and Zonal Head Bahawalnagar Gibran Iqbal.
Moreover, the investigation, prompted by a complaint from PASSCO’s Additional Director General, Shazia Altaf, reveals that Ranjha and Akram are accused of misappropriating PKR 12.72 crore (PKR 127,200,000), while Iqbal faces a more significant charge of PKR 95.94 crore related to the wheat cargo distribution.
