SUKKUR: The Information Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah lashed out at Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and said, giving a clean chit to Nawaz Sharif and the constituting of the JIT was actually to disregard him but in spite of not stepping down from the PM ship he decided to stick it, which proved for him a wrathful decision.
“Indeed, national sovereignty will be harmed if Sharif continues to be the Prime Minister in the wake of the investigation in Panama gate case” Shah told reporters.
Addressing a press conference here at his Rohri residence, Information Minister Nasir Hussain Shah said
That misappropriations in the tractor scheme from 2009 to 2012 where 5,780 tractors were provided to farmers will be dealt iron handedly. According to him, the government had given a Rs 0.3 million subsidy per tractor but this was not implemented, while Rs 1.45 billion has been misappropriated.
The information minister said “No one is above the law and we will take action against all corrupt elements of the province, adding that if the prime minister’s name can be included in an investigation into offshore properties by the joint investigation team, then why can action not be taken against bureaucrats and others involved in the scam.
Speaking about the law and order situation in Sukkur district, Shah said the police and Rangers have managed to control the menace and street crime has also decreased. “For the first time in our government’s tenure, there is not a single kidnapping for ransom case and people frequently travel without any fear,” he claimed.
Published in Daily Times, June 30th, 2017.
