DADU: 7,200 bags of wheat go missing

Published February 12, 2003

DADU, Feb 11: The anti-corruption police raided a wheat godown of the food department at Bolari on Tuesday and found 7,200 bags of wheat missing.

A team of the anti-corruption police, led by the circle officer, Kotri, Zakir Hussain, raided the Bolhari wheat godown on Tuesday. On checking its record, it found 7,200 wheat bags missing.

The anti-corruption police seized the record of the godown and recorded the statements of 12 food officials, including assistant food controllers, Manzoor Shah and Mukhtiar Ahmed, ward rationing officer Qazi Mohammad Bux, food supervisor Ali Nawaz Abro, food inspectors Inayat Shah, Aslam Memon, Roshan Mangi, Ghulam Mustafa Sehto, Ghulam Ali Shah, Wahab Soomro, and Ghulam Hussain Gaho and district food controller Ayub Rind.

The district food controller told newsmen that four officials — assistant food controller Manzoor Shah and three food inspectors, Inayat Shah, Ghulam Mustafa Sehto and Roshan Mangi, had been suspended.

Opinion

Editorial

War & deception
Updated 09 Mar, 2026

War & deception

While there is little doubt that Iran is involved in many of the retaliatory attacks, the facts raise suspicions that another player may be at work.
The witness box
09 Mar, 2026

The witness box

IT is often the fear of the courtroom and what may transpire therein that drives many victims of crime, especially...
Asylum applications
09 Mar, 2026

Asylum applications

BRITAIN’S tough immigration posture has again drawn attention to the sharp rise in asylum claims by Pakistani...
Petrol shock
Updated 08 Mar, 2026

Petrol shock

With oil markets bracing for more volatility, more price shocks are inevitable in the coming weeks.
Women’s Day
08 Mar, 2026

Women’s Day

IT is a simple truth: societies progress when women are able to shape them. Yet the struggle for equality has never...
Rescuing hockey
08 Mar, 2026

Rescuing hockey

PAKISTAN hockey is back to where it should be. Years of misses came to an end on Friday with a long-awaited...