Rs386b to be recouped from sugar barons PM sought briefing on commission report findings PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to recover Rs386 billion from the sugar mills responsible for an acute shortage of the commodity last year. According to sources, Prime Minister Imran Khan, in a recent cabinet meeting, asked Adviser to the Prime Minister on Accountability Mirza Shahzad Akbar to brief the cabinet about the actions taken so far on the report of a sugar commission that conducted a probe into the crisis. The commission — led by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) — had accused sugar mill owners of earning illegal profits worth billions of rupees through unjustified price hikes, benami transactions, tax evasion, misuse of subsidy and purchasing sugarcane off the books.