‘Politics of loot, plunder now over’

Says reason for Pakistan's backwardness is corruption, inefficiencies of past rulers

LAHORE: The politics of loot and plunder is over now in the country, said Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar.

He stated this during a meeting with members of the provincial assembly (MPA) from different districts at his office on Wednesday.

The chief minister said that people were deceived in the name of development projects in previous tenures and fundamental problems were, altogether, ignored. “In fact, the reason for Pakistan's backwardness is corruption and inefficiencies of the past rulers.”

He added that those who made the country a hostage of loans cannot claim leadership of the nation. “Now, the leadership and the government are totally transparent and honest.”

He further said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government inherited a bad economic situation and the previous government was responsible for it.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 21^st, 2019.