ISLAMABAD – Information Minister Chaudhary Fawad Hussain has said the PTIgovernment is ready to constitute a commission to probe the alleged riggingin the general elections as per demand of the opposition. In a videomessage today in response to the news conference addressed by the PML-Nleaders in Lahore, he said Prime Minister Imran Khan on the very first dayhad assured to take all steps on the matter to satisfy the opposition.
He, however, regretted that the opposition is using the issue of electionrigging as a political stunt as it has not produced any concrete evidencein this regard. He said it is better for the opposition to sit together andpresent concrete proposals on the matter. On opposition’s allegationregarding reducing the number of projects under China Pakistan EconomicCorridor, the Minister said there is no truth in it. The PTI governmentwill complete all projects under CPEC and increase funding for them.
The Information Minister said the government has not increased the pricesof fertilizers, electricity and gas as alleged by the opposition.
Chaudhary Fawad Hussain said dams are necessary for storage of water and tosave the future generations of Pakistan. He said Pakistani people insidethe county and abroad trust Prime Minister Imran Khan and will definitelymake financial contributions to the dams fund.
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The Information Minister said the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif andhis daughter Maryam Nawaz went to jail in the tenure of PML-N government asthey were facing corruption allegations and could not prove the source oftheir income and assets.
