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| Rs20 billion embezzled from PM's free flour scheme, claims PML-N leader |
| 2023-05-01 |
| [GEO.TV] Former prime minister and Pakistain Moslem League-Nawaz (PML-N) big shot Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has claimed that Rs20 billion were embezzled from the federal government’s free flour distribution scheme. Addressing a ceremony in Lahore, the ruling party leader said that the country’s system has become "so corrupt and outdated" that it cannot deliver. He said corrupt government officials would be identified in the past "but today is the time when we have to look for honest officers". Abbasi asked what did poor get out of Rs84 billion subsidy allocated by the federal and provincial governments to provide free flour to the poor during the holy month of Ramazan. "More than Rs20 billion were stolen in the government's free flour scheme," he alleged. Responding to his allegations, the Centre and the caretaker government of Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... rejected his claims. Federal Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said millions of poor people in Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Islamabad were provided free flour during the holy month with "full transparency and honesty". She said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif himself visited the flour distribution points in different cities. |
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| #1 Corruption in Pakistain? Inconceivable! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-05-01 09:05 |