As ever and as expected this government and its clonies are angels they never took a single paise but the whole Pakistan has gone bust economically.
Former Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Sunday claimed that over Rs20 billion corruption has taken place in the free flour distribution campaign bering run by the PML-N led coalition government.
However, the Punjab caretaker government on Sunday termed corruption allegations made by PML-N’s Shahid Khaqan Abbasi regarding the free flour distribution programme “false and fabricated”.
Abbasi, the PML-N leader and former PM who is part of a group of political mavericks holding a series of nationwide seminars on the current challenges being faced by the country in an effort to develop a consensus on the future course of action required to be taken by all stakeholders to bring Pakistan out of the present mess, had alleged that Rs20 billion was looted during the free floor distribution programme, which was first rolled out in Punjab.
At a seminar at Lahore’s Government College University (GCU), the PML-N leader had talked at length about the issues plaguing governance in the country.
“Whenever there is a problem, the officer is changed but the system remains the same. The officer just fixes a few things. We now identify honest officers. There was a time when we identified dishonest officers,” he said.
“Recently, Rs84bn worth of [free] flour was distributed. I am sorry to say that approximately Rs20bn was looted.
“Look at it any which way. What has the poor man gotten for whom you spent Rs84bn?” he asked, stating that it was impossible to deliver on promises within the current system of governance and called for it to be “redefined”.
“The whole system needs to be changed. It has become so corrupt that it cannot deliver, whether in the Centre or the provinces.”
Although the PML-N leader did not single out the Punjab government, provincial Interim Information Minister Amir Mir issued a statement on Sunday and termed Abbasi’s allegations to be “false and fabricated”. He said that the provincial government had provided relief to millions of beneficiaries under the programme.
