CM Shehbaz denies Multan metro project bribe allegations
He denied the allegations of pocketing Rs 3 billion bribe in Multan metro project
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Punjab chief minister (CM) Shehbaz Sharif has said on Wednesday that propaganda over Multan metro project is false and bogus allegations were leveled against the government.
Sharif addressed a press conference in the provincial capital and said that there should be an indiscriminate action against corruption and for accountability otherwise the nation would bring a revolution.
He denied the allegations of pocketing Rs 3 billion bribe in Multan metro project. He further announced to serve legal notices to a private media outlet and senior member of Pakistan People’s Party, Aitzaz Ahsan.
CM Sharif said that he served the impoverished community through day and night and that those branding him corrupt should be ashamed. He said that the critics would know if in his shoes, that to be in power is not a bed of roses.
He criticised a private media outlet saying that it was promoting a culture of lies. Everyone has to die and there no shroud comes with a pocket to keep the money earned.
CM Sharif said that he is accountable to the Punjab Assembly and around eleven crore people of the province.
He said that Multan metro project is being subjected to an unwarranted criticism and false claims are being made that two companies were given contracts of the project whereas one of those two companies does not exist, he asserted.
Friendly countries are also being maligned by the criticism, he complained.
He alleged that Zafar Gondal is guilty of fraud worth billions and that NICL was looted of billions whereas those responsible for that talk about Article 62 and Article 63 while being members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
