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Things were moving towards progress in Nawaz Sharif’s rule: Shehbaz

Things were moving towards progress in Nawaz Sharif’s rule: Shehbaz
January 24, 2020
LONDON (92 News) – Responding to Transparency International’s CPI annual report, Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif said that corruption has soared in Pakistan whereas things were moving towards progress in former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s tenure. Speaking to the journalists, Shehbaz Sharif also that the previous government was better in terms of transparency as corruption had a low rate despite billions of trillions of projects. “Nawaz Sharif was taking country towards forward with transparency,” he added. Criticizing the incumbent government, the PML-N president maintained that the incumbent government and Prime Minister Imran Khan as the worst ruler in the history. “For a year and a half, Imran Khan and his flattering group kept making only the noise of thieves and bandits,” he added. Shehbaz Sharif said that the government has been failed from every front, even the bread was snatched from the people. He stressed on tracing the culprits and getting rid of the current rulers as soon as possible. Earlier, opposition leaders have declared the annual report of Transparency International as deeds of Prime Minister Imran Khan. PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb said that the report is a proof of the failure of ‘New Pakistan Project’. “If Imran Khan has some moral courage, he should now say the country is corrupt because the rulers are thieves,” he said. PPP Senator Sherry Rehman said that the Transparency International report is a charge-sheet against the government. “Imran Khan had leveled allegations against the previous governments, but Transparency International exposed the accountability government,” she said. Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Sirajul Haq said that the government has broken the record of corruption. “TI is an independent institution. The annual report about corruption is alarming. According to the report, Rs 6.5 million, out of an Rs 10 million project, go waste in corruption.” Sindh Minister for Information Saeed Ghani said that Transparency International report had exposed the claims of Imran Khan. “It proves that the country had moved backward during one and a half years,” he said.