ISLAMABAD Addressing a public meeting in Ghotki, the Prime Minister ImranKhan said corruption makes a nation poor and under debt.
He said Pakistan was on a fast development track in 1960s and it was anexample for countries in the region and beyond. However, its speed wasbroken by corruption and malpractices. The Prime Minister said Sindhdeserves to be the most prosperous province of Pakistan as it is blessedwith financial capital of Pakistan Karachi, the most gas produced and afertile land. But the sheer level of poverty in interior Sindh is due tocorruption.
He said Ghotki produces seventy percent of Sindh gas but it has laggedbehind in development. He said Sindh received a royalty of 234 billionrupees in the last 10 years but it does not reflect in the development ofthe province.
The Prime Minister said when the corrupt elements are held accountable,they start making noise that democracy is in danger. He vowed thecommitment of government not to spare any corrupt element.
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Earlier, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in his address said PrimeMinister Imran Khan has founded a party that is a symbol of federation. Hesaid only PTI has the ability to take the country out of challenges. Hesaid he joined the party nine years ago to struggle alongside Imran Khan tobring about a Naya Pakistan. Shah Mehmood Qureshi urged the aware residentsof Sindh to find a new way for their future.
