BRT, Malam Jabba cases likely to be reopened

Minister claims PTI govt ruined the economy, causing increased inflation in the country and especially in K-P

PESHAWAR:

Caretaker Minister for Transport Shahid Khan Khattak has said that Bus Rapid Project (BRT), Billion Trees Afforestation Project (BTAP), Malam Jabba and other cases against the PTI government were being reopened.

He hinted that caretaker chief minister Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) would soon write a letter to the relevant investigation agencies to probe alleged corruption in the pavement of banks of river Kabul in Nowshera and small dams in the province.

Addressing an open katcheri held at the office of the deputy commissioner Nowshera Kabir Afridi, the minister claimed that the PTI government has ruined the economy during its nearly 10-year rule that resulted in an increase in inflation and price hike in the country, especially K-P.

He claimed that there were still PTI’s remnants in bureaucracy, which were creating hurdles in the way of the provincial government, adding that politics on free flour should be avoided and all poor households should be given free flour bags in a dignified manner.

The minister said the PTI government during its tenure has recruited about 5,000 media influencers for its personal projection and paid salaries through taxpayer money while sitting in homes. He said that time would be required to clear the mess created by the PTI’s incompetent rulers in K-P.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 28^th, 2023.