- Punjab CM says corruption damages like termite
LONDON: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said that mega scandals of corruptions were unearthed in the past while no corruption of the incumbent government has been reported.
“Corruption has been deceased in our tenure while the national kitty was plundered in cases like Nandipur, NICL, OGRA and rental power projects,” he said while talking to different delegations here in the United Kingdom.
Shehbaz said that Pakistan was not made to plunder while the layman was kept deprived of justice. “The collective agenda of all of us should be to serve the people selflessly,” he said, adding that Pakistan consists of four federating units along with areas comprising of Azad Jammu Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
“It is rich in natural resources and when all the federating units will progress collectively then the state of Pakistan will also be developed,” he said, adding that the people were served through honesty, hard work and trust. He said that the ruling elite has obstructed the schemes of the welfare of the common people.
Unluckily, social evils like lust, corruption and nepotism have deepened roots in the society and the menace of corruption has damaged the country like the termite. “When we all will work hard collectively then everybody will treat us respectfully. We will have to move jointly to make the country progress and Pakistan shall achieve its destination through collective efforts and vision,” he said.
He said that tremendous work has been done on energy projects and the electricity generation schemes have been completed in a record period of time. The genie of load-shedding has been overpowered and therefore, it was almost minimal now, he said. He said that ego has no worth when compared with the country. He said that Pakistan shall have to be moved further with the power of unity.
“Pakistan shall definitely emerge as a great state if we decide to make the nation great by adopting the path of hard work, honesty and trust,” Shehbaz said, adding that the negative politics of falsehood and allegations deviate the nation and therefore. The elements leveling baseless allegations and indulged in mendacity and accusations would have to review their behaviour, he said.
