ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday launched theAnti-Corruption App called ‘Report Corruption’ in Islamabad today inconnection with International Anti-Corruption Day.
Addressing the ceremony, he termed it as a major step in making the countrycorruption free. He expressed hope that this app will help transformingPakistan into a modern and transparent nation.
The Prime Minister said the Anti-Corruption Punjab has been successful inrecovering billions of rupees from corrupt elements which need to be widelypublicized.
He said the recovered money will be spent on the uplift and betterment ofpeople.
Imran Khan urged the Punjab government to widely disseminate informationabout the money recovered from corruption to people.
He regretted that people are unaware about the vital link betweencorruption and their miseries.
Referring to the example of China, the Prime Minister said hundreds ofpeople have been put in jails on graft charges including ministers in orderto eradicate corruption from their country.
He said in Lebanon, Chile, Iraq and other countries people are protestingon roads against the corruption of their rulers.
Imran Khan said today corrupt countries are poor and transparent nationsare rich. He referred to the example of Congo, Nigeria and other Africancountries which are rich in natural resources, but their people are facingextreme level of poverty due to rampant corruption in their societies.
The Prime Minister said Switzerland, on the other hand, lacks naturalresources, but is very prosperous and rich.
He said a modern and prosperous society gives great emphasis onanti-corruption.
He said when corruption in any society increases, the money that was to bespent on health, education and other necessities of people transfers to thepockets of corrupt people.
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He said as those corrupt people are afraid of discovery of their ill-gottenwealth, they transfer it abroad.
Terming overseas Pakistanis as precious asset of Pakistan, Imran Khan saidthey can invest heavily in the country if they are sure of no corruption.He called corrupt person as enemy of the people.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar saidthe government is committed to eradicate the menace of corruption from theprovince.
He said launch of this new “App” is beginning of a new era. He said thisApp will enable the complainant to view the progress on his complain.
The Chief Minister said the government of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf willfulfill its agenda of justice and accountability.
He said Anti-Corruption Department of Punjab has recovered land worth 132billion rupees and about 4.75 billion rupees were deposited in the nationalexchequer.
Usman Buzdar also urged the people to play their due role to eradicatecorruption.
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Accountability, Shehzad Akbar in hisspeech on the occasion, said we will digitalize Punjab Anti-CorruptionDepartment.
He said launching of the App is a step forward to automate the system. Hesaid this App will be practical demonstration of Whistle Blowing concept.
The Special Assistant expressed hope that Anti-Corruption Department willdouble its recovery after the launch of this App.
