SHEIKHUPURA: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday that theNational Accountability Bureau (NAB) is a constitutional institution thatis mandated to probe financial irregularities.
Such a statement from CM Shahbaz Sharif at a time when his elder brotherNawaz Sharif is lashing out at NAB, has raised some eye brows over adifferent path chosen by him.
Speaking to journalists after his visit to the DHQ Hospital Sheikhupura forthe inauguration of new CT scan machines and physiotherapy wards, he saidNAB has constitutional mandate to probe the corruption.
He he said that the provincial government should be appreciated for itsdevelopmental works.
The chief minister said that the Punjab government is bearing 100 percentexpenses of the poor patients of the city, adding that with the modernstate of the art machines in the hospital, a revolution is coming in thehealth sector of the province.
Sharif said that there should be accountability for those who are notworking as per their mandate.
He said that though the pace of developmental projects has been affecteddue to NAB but the provincial government will continue to serve the people.
Sharif said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government has installed3,600-megawatt gas power plants in the country, and alleged that thenational exchequer was looted during the tenure of previous governments inthe name of power projects.