ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Monday revealed that the government has requested the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) to broadcast corruption cases against Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif.
“We want Shehbaz Sharif’s case to be aired live so that people should be made aware of the [details] of the case,” the federal minister said while addressing a press conference in Islamabad.
Fawad accused Shehbaz and Nawaz Sharif of plundering national wealth worth billions of rupees. The PML-N leaders claimed that Pakistani law is not applicable to their sons who are residing in London when asked to explain the sources of their wealth, he added.
The information minister also maintained that the courts should announce the verdict in corruption cases without any “fear or influence”.
He said it was made clear that Nawaz attempted to influence court proceedings through former G-B judge Rana Shamim’s affidavit. “This is a fit case to implicit Nawaz in Rana Shamim case for attempting to influence court proceedings,” he added.
Speaking about the attorney-general of Pakistan’s (AGP) letter to Shehbaz, he said that Shehbaz has been asked to report to the committee formed to monitor PML-N supremo Nawaz Shahbaz’s case, explaining to them the reasons behind the delay in his return.
Taking a jibe at the PML-N leaders, Fawad said that a child in their family is born later but a palace on his/her name is bought beforehand.
‘Sindh govt deprived the citizens of basic facilities’
The federal minister was of the view that under the 18th amendment, powers were transferred to the provinces; however, the Sindh government now wants the power to be transferred to districts.
“The Sindh government did not participate in reforms,” he said, complaining that it has deprived its citizens of basic facilities, like health cards. Fawad further added that the provincial government is not providing its capital Karachi with its due share in resources.
“Under National Finance Commission (NFC), funds will be transferred to provinces from the Centre which will then be transferred to the districts,” he mentioned, adding the Sindh government has deprived its citizens of this right.
Pakistan is heading in the right direction
Fawad further said that the PTI inherited the country following a “decade of darkness”, and put it on the right track.
“Today we have achieved 5.37% economic growth despite the challenge of Covid-19 and today the entire world is following Pakistan’s strategy to control the pandemic,” he said while referring to the government’s decision of not imposing complete lockdown during the peak of the contagious virus.
He said the income of the masses has also increased during the PTI’s rule amid skyrocketing inflation and added that “agriculture and corporate sector have earned record profits”. He also urged private businesses to increase the salaries of their employees.
