88,000 Acres of land retrieved in Punjab from land mafia in largest ever such anti encroachment operation: PM Khan

88,000 Acres of land retrieved in Punjab from land mafia in largest ever such anti encroachment operation: PM Khan

ISLAMABAD - PM Khan has revealed that 88 thousands acre land was vacated which illegally captured by the land mafia in Punjab in one of the largest such operation in Pakistan.

For eradicating corruption, Imran Khan said that corruption has hindered Pakistan’s progress. “We didn’t even know how common corruption was. Even I didn’t know it. He cannot progress until people are stopped from engaging in corruption practices.”

He said that an asset recovery unit was formed with the aim to sign MoUs with other countries for information sharing. “We have signed agreements with 26 countries. We signed a MoU with Switzerland today. “We have been unable to trace $11 billion undeclared money of Pakistani in foreign countries,” he remarked.

The premier pointed out that the PTI government made the NAB, FIA and other institutions as independent from the influence of government. “NAB is not under us. It is an independent organisation. We are not responsible for the actions of NAB,” he said.

On poverty alleviation, He said the government was also devising a system to alleviate poverty in the country. He described corruption as the very difference between prosperous and under-developed nations.