ISLAMABAD
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Thursday lashed out at the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for linking its corruption in road infrastructure projects with the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) saying “It is beyond comprehension.”
“As far as China Pakistan Economic Corridor is concerned, I am unable to understand as to why the PML-N wanted to link China with its corruption. The corruption of Sharif family will be investigated at all the cost as it has nothing to do with CPEC,” the minister told the launching ceremony of a book written by a Sports Analyst Dr Nauman Niaz.
He said the PML-N leadership was trying to link China and state institutions with their corruption in the hope to get relief in the investigation be carried out in the project of roads constructing during the era of the previous government.
They would never let to succeed in their plan, he said while accusing the PML-N of a plot to hide behind the institutions to escape accountability in roads projects.
In this week, the government had decided to take action against those who were involved in the alleged corruption committed in the road infrastructure project during the past PML-N’s government tenure, he said.
The minister expressed the hope that Ahsan Iqbal and PML-N would avoid such a negative attitude towards CPEC which was an initiative of national importance.
hsan Iqbal should first decide who was running the affairs of the PML-N, he said. He should first get a vote of trust from the PML-N, and then ask others for a vote of confidence, Fawad said while responding to query.
