Times of Islamabad

PM Imran Khan assigns secret task to Info Minister Fawad Chaudhry

PM Imran Khan assigns secret task to Info Minister Fawad Chaudhry

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan has assigned a special task toInformation Minister Fawad Chaudhry.

As per the media report, Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry will soontravel to Sindh and take into confidence top political leaders of theprovince regarding the JIT report on fake accounts case.

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According to sources, Prime Minister Imran Khan has given Fawad Chaudhry a“special task” related to political setup in Sindh province and theminister will travel to the province to meet leaders like Zulfiqar Mirzaand Ameer Bukhsh Bhutto.

The minister will meet some other political leaders too and may take theminto confidence over the report of Joint Investigation Team (JIT) in fakeaccounts case, sources added.

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It is pertinent to note here that a JIT report submitted in the SupremeCourt in fake accounts case on December 24 held the Zardari and Omni groupsresponsible in the mega money laundering and fake accounts case.

The report revealed that at least 29 bank accounts had been identified asfake which were used for money laundering of Rs42 billion.

Hours after the report was submitted in the apex court, Fawad Chaudhry,while addressing a presser claimed that Sindh’s Public Sector DevelopmentProgram’s (PSDP) suffered due to such practices in the province.