*ISLAMABAD – **Former Interior Minster Ahsan Iqbal may land in big troubleover corruption charges.*
*F**ederal Minister for Communication and Postal Services Murad Saeed onThursday announced to tighten noose around the alleged corruption of formerminister Ahsan Iqbal.*
“The time has come for Ahsan Iqbal to worry,” he said in a press conferencewhile vowing to eliminate corruption under the leadership of Prime MinisterImran Khan.
Referring to the PM’s decision to establish a high-powered commissionlink to probe corruption oflast 10 years, Saeed said Ahsan Iqbal’s case will be the the first one tobe investigated by the committee.
“The first project [of the Ministry of Communication and PostalServices] to be probed by the commission belongs to Ahsan Iqbal,” theminister told, adding that the case was already being pursued by theNational Accountability Bureau as well.
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He claimed that Iqbal, being the minister for planning in 2013, signed amemorandum of understanding (MoU) in the place of a minister forcommunication for the construction of the Multan-Sukkur motorway.
The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz government embezzled Rs 50 billion onevery project in its tenure, he stated.
Saeed further apprised that his ministry will forward all cases of allegedcorruption and embezzlement from past 10 years, to the prime ministerwithin a week’s time after the formation of the probe commission.
