Islamabad - Pakistan People’s Party chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari yesterday said that the legacy of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government would be “unfettered and unabashed corruption and incompetence.”
The unprecedented massive corruption, he said, was the root cause of Pakistan’s decimated economy. The PPP chief said that any nation plagued with corrupt rule would never be able to stabilise the economy.
“This a government of the elite, by the elite, and for the elite. They are busy in minting money, while the masses have been crushed under the burden of skyrocketing prices of essential commodities,” he said in a statement. He said that PM Imran Khan, was solely responsible for the economic disaster in the country, and despite all his efforts to scapegoat his ministers and advisors, he would not be allowed to escape accountability for his actions.
Bilawal demanded of the PM to explain where the billions of rupees the government had accumulated from levy and taxes on gas and electricity had gone.
“Have the government and its myriad ministers pilfered from the national exchequer? As custodian of the national exchequer, the PM is responsible for the public’s wealth. The buck stops with the PM, and he will have to answer for every paisa,” he added.
He said the federal government first increased taxes to generate more revenue and then this revenue was being siphoned off by the crony capitalists and ministers from public welfare projects.
“The federal government and the Prime Minister have lost all credibility in the eyes of the people. International institutions that monitor corruption have fully exposed the so-called transparency and honesty of Imran Khan and his government,” he said.