ISLAMABAD – Minister of State for Communication Murad Saeed Tuesday saidthat Pakistan loses $10 billion annually to money laundering, while dailycorruption in country was over 2 billion as per authentic reports.-
Speaking in the National Assembly, he said country’s tax net was beingbroadened. Due to the worst performance of previous government, country’sinstitutions including Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) had sustainedwhooping losses during the last five years. Foreign Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of PIA stole an aeroplane of PIA and sold it.
He Ishaq Dar fled from the country in the special plane of former PrimeMinister. Rs 450 billion were paid by previous government to IndependentPower Producers (IPPs) immediately after taking charge of the government in2013 that too without conducting any audit. Due to bad governance,country’s circular debt has reached to Rs 1,152 billion.
He said the opposition was criticizing the government on converting thePrime Minister House into university.
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Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) workers were brutally murdered in Model TownLahore. Furthermore, a total of Rs 7 billion was wasted onconstructing the boundary wall of former ruling family’s farm house.
He said previous government had appointed their own point men at eachdepartment. Their priority was to appoint their own close confidents ashead of each institution rather than making appointments on merit. FormerChairman National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) Tariq Malikwas compelled to leave the country. Energy crisis has not yet ended despitetall claims of erstwhile PML-N government. Load shedding has not yet endedfrom the country. – APP
