According to the latest reports, authorities have uncovered an estimated 2 trillion rupees in corruption in Pakistan over the last 2-3 years. The revelations come from the senior journalist Muhammad Malik in his program ‘Khabar’.
According to the journalist, a meeting held in June and July in which the higher-ups took action, took notice of the corruption, and tasked the authorities to prepare a list of the top bureaucrats, ministers, and contractors involved in minting 2 trillion rupees in the last 2-3 years from Pakistan’s treasury.
Strict action will be taken against those involved in this corruption. The initial target is to recover Rs. 500 billion through investigations and subsequent actions.
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif accused the top bureaucrats of Pakistan of having already acquired properties in Portugal and is preparing to obtain citizenship as well.
He said that these are well-known bureaucrats. Khawaja Asif made an explosive statement in a tweet on Tuesday night.
He accused bureaucrats of stealing billions of rupees and then comfortably living a retired life in Portugal. Giving a one-stance, he said that the former CM Usman Buzdar’s closest bureaucrats had collected 4 billion rupees as a wedding gift for his daughter’s wedding. Politicians, on the other hand, gobble up the leftovers and make a fuss with neither plots nor foreign citizenship because they have to contest elections in Pakistan. He accused the current bureaucratic setup of Pakistan is polluting the sacred land of Pakistan.
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“More than half of the bureaucracy of our dear homeland has already acquired property in Portugal and is preparing to obtain citizenship. These are well-known bureaucrats. Yet, after devouring billions of rupees, they are comfortably living a retired life.”
“One of Buzdar’s closest bureaucrats has collected four billion rupees just in salami for his daughters’ weddings and is now calmly enjoying a retired life. Politicians, on the other hand, gobble up the leftovers and make a fuss, with neither plots nor foreign citizenship, because they have to contest elections. This bureaucracy is polluting the sacred land of Pakistan,” he said in a tweet on X.