ISLAMABAD – Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan onaccountability, Shahzad Akbar has said Prime Minister Imran Khan haddirected the foreign ministry to send a high-powered delegation toSwitzerland to expedite ratification of a treaty on exchange of informationon bank accounts.
“Unfortunately the treaty has been dumped in files since 2012 intentionallyby the previous rulers, instead of being ratified.
Now the prime minister has issued directives to immediately ratify thetreaty so that the government can get information regarding transfer ofcorruption money into Swiss banks by the Swiss authorities,” he added.
Responding to a question about the total amount of money laundered abroad,the special assistant said it would be difficult to say what it was but themain thing was that the government was committed to retrieving it.
Mr Akbar said the prime minister was so concerned about the recovery oflooted money that he would himself monitor the progress of the task forceand other relevant departments in this regard.
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said the prime minister wanted uniformcurriculum not only in private and public sector schools but also inseminaries.
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“Different modes of education in different types of schools is the sourceof disparity in our education system and divides our children in differentcategories,” he said.
The minister said introducing uniform curriculum in the whole country wasnot an easy task but the federal government was committed to doing thatwith the cooperation of the provincial governments.
“We know that education, health, sanitation and provision of potable waterare provincial subjects but they will be driven from the Centre,” he added.
Education became a provincial subject after the 18th Amendment and thedecision of uniform curriculum is expected to spark a controversy in thecountry over the ‘centre’s interference’ into provincial affairs.
