{"id":479311,"date":"2025-05-19T08:01:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T03:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=479311"},"modified":"2025-05-19T08:01:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T03:01:46","slug":"kp-solar-panel-project-marred-by-corruption-azma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/kp-solar-panel-project-marred-by-corruption-azma\/","title":{"rendered":"KP solar panel project marred by corruption: Azma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> LAHORE<br \/>\nPunjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari alleged on Sunday that Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government\u2019s solar panel project was a glaring example of corruption, commission mafia, and lack of transparency.<br \/>\nShe claimed that the project fell victim to commission scams worth over Rs. 2 billion. In a statement issued on Sunday, Azma criticised KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur for announcing the solar panel project eight months ago, only for tenders to be floated before the approval of PC-1 \u2014 a basic procedural requirement. \u201cThis is not a development initiative; it\u2019s a commission-driven scheme,\u201d she alleged.<br \/>\nShe further stated that most public welfare projects in KP either never see the light of day or collapse due to internal rifts among stakeholders. \u201cThe entire performance of the KP government is restricted to loud press conferences and hollow political slogans, while the province\u2019s funds are funneled into protest movements and handed to favorite contractors,\u201d Azma Bokhari said.<br \/>\nShe mocked Gandapur\u2019s political record, stating that it is limited to \u201cthree failed attempts\u201d at attacking the federal government and Punjab. The Punjab minister demanded a thorough federal audit of all financial allocations made to the KP government to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari alleged on Sunday that Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government\u2019s solar panel project was a glaring example of corruption, commission mafia, and lack of transparency. She claimed that the project fell victim to commission scams worth over Rs. 2 billion. In a statement issued on Sunday, Azma criticised KP Chief Minister Ali [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-479311","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>KP solar panel project marred by corruption: Azma<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/kp-solar-panel-project-marred-by-corruption-azma\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KP solar panel project marred by corruption: Azma\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LAHORE Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari alleged on Sunday that Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government\u2019s solar panel project was a glaring example of corruption, commission mafia, and lack of transparency. 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