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Sugar mafia

Sugar mafia under fire as PM pushes tax reforms

July 30, 2025 by Attia Naveed

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has taken an unusually bold step by confronting Pakistan’s powerful sugar lobby through strict tax enforcement. This move, though welcomed by many as long-overdue, has triggered a sharp rise in sugar prices nationwide — revealing a deeper power struggle between the state and entrenched market forces. Despite his own family’s […]

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: FBR, Latest, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Sugar mafia, sugar prices, tax reforms

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