Govt to continue drive against corrupt mafia: Fawad

Shehzad Akbar confirms SC has not exempted Bilawal and Murad from NAB's investigation in the fake accounts case

Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary on Monday said that the government shall continue its drive against the country's corrupt mafia as per its anti-corruption stance.

The information minister, while addressing a joint news conference in Islamabad with special assistant to the prime minister on accountability Shehzad Akbar, said that the government aims to rid the country of the scourge of corruption and money laundering.



He maintained that the government is not interfering in the operational dynamics of the investigation agencies and has afforded them a suitable climate to perform their obligations independently.

Fawad, during the address, said that the government has put 90 per cent of the corrupt elements behind bars while the remaining 10 per cent would also be taken to task through a transparent accountability process.

In the wake of the chief justice's directive remove Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah from the joint investigation team report, Fawad said the government will remove their names from the Exit Control List (ECL).



He added that the apex court has referred the fake bank accounts case to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for a fresh probe into the matter and granted them a two-month deadline.

"All institutions shall extend their support to NAB," the information minister remarked.

Special assistant to the Prime Minister Shehzad Akbar confirmed that the apex court has not rejected the joint investigation (JIT) report in the fake bank accounts scam. "Neither has the SC exempted Bilawal and Murad from NAB's investigation on the matter," he said.