In the National Assembly today, both the treasury and opposition benches exchanged harsh words over the appointments made in Radio Pakistan and other public sector organizations in previous years.
Taking the floor, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said that the successive governments destroyed public sector organizations including Radio Pakistan, PTV, Pakistan Steel Mills and Pakistan International Airline. He accused the opposition parties of plundering the national exchequer in the past.
The Information Minister said that projected expenditures of Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation stand at 5.25 billion rupees for this year. He said we are providing four billion rupees to the National Broadcaster and its annual deficit is 1.25 billion rupees.
He said Khurshid Shah Committee regularized the services of eight hundred people in Radio Pakistan in one-day. He said that political appointments were also made in PIA.
The opposition took strong exception to the statement made by the Information Minister. Terming the statement irresponsible, Khurshid Shah said that he had never been the information minister and thus had nothing to do with appointments made in the PBC. He, however, said that it has always been the slogan of Pakistan Peoples Party to provide jobs to the youth and also provide protection to them. He said the Information Minister's statement is not in line with the commitment made by the PTI to provide ten million jobs to the youth.