Corruption Allegations: Punjab govt spokesman rejects claims

Punjab strongly denied allegations of corruption against it, the CM, his cabinet or political leadership.

LAHORE: A spokesman for the Punjab government said on Friday that NAB Chairman Admiral (retd) Fasih Bokhari’s statement that Punjab is responsible for 65% of the corruption in the country was unclear and ambiguous.

He said that Bokhari should clarify against whom he was levelling this charge. “Is he linking corruption with the ratio of population, referring to this evil at the departmental or patwari (village accountant) level, or accusing the Punjab government,” the spokesman asked.

He said the Punjab government strongly denied any allegations of corruption against it, the chief minister, his cabinet or the political leadership of the province.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 15^th, 2012.