LAHORE - The revealing of names of those who tried to ‘buy’ loyalties of the N lawmakers during the Governor’s Rule of 2009 by using Intelligence Bureau’s secret funds will stun the public, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said here on Thursday. He expressed these views while talking to Waqt News after arriving at Lahore Airport after distributing laptops in Gujrat University.
He said the corrupt rulers at the Centre had ruined the economy of the country only for their personal gains. The said the rulers did not even think about the issues of the poor masses. “The inefficient rulers in Islamabad have pushed the country on the verge of collapse and sooner the nation will get rid of these leaders,” the Chief Minister added.
Shahbaz Sharif said the corrupt rulers had tarnished the image of Pakistan in abroad. While giving an example, the chief minister said Turkey had gifted 100 vehicles for cleanliness to the Punjab government and on the other side no one ready to give even a single penny to Zardari government.
Shahbaz Sharif said an influential person in the Centre had told him the name of culprits who tried to purchase the loyalties of PML-N parliamentarians during the Governor Rule. He said he had already known those names. The matter was now in the Supreme Court, and if he would be asked to appear before the court he would reveal those names and the whole episode as well, the CM further added. While talking about the Mehran Bank scandal, the chief minister said all arrangements had been completed to serve legal notice on Younis Habib and Rehman Malik.
Meanwhile, Shahbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan and Thailand can mutually benefit from the opportunities available in socio economic sectors where a wide scope of cooperation existed on both the sides. Mutual cooperation of the two countries will further strengthen the friendly relations between them, CM said during a meeting with the Ambassador of Thailand to Pakistan Marwing Attanawin here Thursday.
The CM thanked the Thai government for providing latest training to the doctors and nurses of Punjab in dealing with dengue virus. He said there are deep rooted trade and cultural relations between Pakistan and Thailand.