Senior PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday revealed irregularities of Rs20 billion in the free flour scheme, amid claims of transparency by the government in the project's execution.
While addressing a ceremony at the Government College University (GCU) Lahore, Abbasi said that some Rs84 billion were spent on the project, Neo News reported.
Commenting on the political crisis, he said that the country’s institutions are now facing-off each other.
“The absence of leadership has exacerbated the issues facing Pakistan, and the current system has failed to deliver.”
Abbasi added that political differences have turned into personal enmities. “The incapable have become leaders today.”
Look at the state of the economy and our priorities, he said as he referred to the political and other crises.
Concluding his address, the PML-N leader said that such actions do not end nations, but any legitimacy that they have, is lost.
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According to Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb, the scheme – monitored directly by the premier – was carried out with 'utmost transparency' to provide relief to millions of destitute people.
In a tweet, the party’s spokesperson also congratulated the staff and the administrative officers for the 'success of the historic scheme'.
Inflation in Pakistan is causing devastating results, even as the country has not fully recovered from the catastrophic floods last year.
According to a analysis, Pakistanis are struggling to put food on the table. Where our neighbour India has only recently launched 36 satellites for OneWeb’s broadband constellation, we lost 11 lives on the last day of March due to a stampede at a Ramzan food distribution location.
Hundreds of people gather at food distribution centres where they get free flour from the government, which has demonstrated an unwillingness to fully address the underlying structural issues plaguing the economy.
A lot of families are forced to sleep on an empty stomach, as Pakistan’s consumer price index (CPI) jumped 31.5% in February, with March inflation topping out at a whopping 35.37%.
While addressing a ceremony at the Government College University (GCU) Lahore, Abbasi said that some Rs84 billion were spent on the project, Neo News reported.
Commenting on the political crisis, he said that the country’s institutions are now facing-off each other.
“The absence of leadership has exacerbated the issues facing Pakistan, and the current system has failed to deliver.”
Abbasi added that political differences have turned into personal enmities. “The incapable have become leaders today.”
Look at the state of the economy and our priorities, he said as he referred to the political and other crises.
Concluding his address, the PML-N leader said that such actions do not end nations, but any legitimacy that they have, is lost.
Read this too: Pakistan Food Crisis: After Wheat And Poultry, Market Rates Of Pulses Skyrocket
According to Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb, the scheme – monitored directly by the premier – was carried out with 'utmost transparency' to provide relief to millions of destitute people.
In a tweet, the party’s spokesperson also congratulated the staff and the administrative officers for the 'success of the historic scheme'.
Inflation in Pakistan is causing devastating results, even as the country has not fully recovered from the catastrophic floods last year.
According to a analysis, Pakistanis are struggling to put food on the table. Where our neighbour India has only recently launched 36 satellites for OneWeb’s broadband constellation, we lost 11 lives on the last day of March due to a stampede at a Ramzan food distribution location.
Hundreds of people gather at food distribution centres where they get free flour from the government, which has demonstrated an unwillingness to fully address the underlying structural issues plaguing the economy.
A lot of families are forced to sleep on an empty stomach, as Pakistan’s consumer price index (CPI) jumped 31.5% in February, with March inflation topping out at a whopping 35.37%.