Ahad Cheema remained Shehbaz Sharif's front man, claims Imran Khan
PTI Chairman Imran Khan addressed presser in Islamabad over Shehbaz Sharif-bureaucracy nexus
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Imran Khan claimed on Saturday that Ahad Cheema – the ex-head of LDA who has been arrested by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) over corruption allegations in Ashiana Housing Scheme – was the front man of Punjab CM Shehbaz Sharif.
Speaking to a press conference in Islamabad, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman said there is a nexus between Sharif and bureaucracy.
"Ahad Cheema was such a genius that he got contracts for LDA, Metro bus, Ashiyana housing scheme," he said.
Imran Khan added that bureaucracy s Godfather is Prime Minister s Principal Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad, adding that IB s Aftab Sultan is selecting which PMLN candidate could win which constituency.
He asserted that Qamar Zaman s corruption is also for everyone to see. PMLN used him to clear names in Hudaibiya Paper Mills case, recalling the SECP s Zafar Hijazi and calling him another one of Sharif s servants.
On the bureaucracy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), he claimed that he made it very clear to bureaucrats in KP that they are public servants.
He mentioned the report compiled by International Monetary Fund (IMF) in which it is told that leaders of the third world countries like Pakistan earn kickbacks through mega projects. He reasoned that Multan Metro bus project cost Rs. 30 billion, but the bus has not been operated properly.
Talking about the police reforms in KP, he said both former and serving KP IGs have admitted that the government never pressured them. Comparing it to Sindh, he said AD Khwaja is considered as a bone of contention as he speaks against corruption in the province.
Defending the funding to Darul Uloom Haqqania by KP government, he said 25 lac students go to madrassas because their parents cannot afford private schools. “Haqqania has a network of madrassas, we are trying to bring their students to mainstream. Are those 25 lac kids not ours?” he asked.
