Are cronies honest and rivals corrupt, wonders PTI's Qureshi

SUKKUR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) central leader Shah Mahamood Qureshi here on Saturday said it was impossible that someone who sided with him would be above board while, in other situations, he would become corrupt.

He said that some party members were creating obstacles in the visit of Imran Khan to Sindh but he would bring Imran Khan to the province.

He said that the opposition parties would hold a meeting on May 2 to discuss the Terms of Reference of the inquiry commission on the Panama Leaks.

Addressing the Sukkur Bar Association, he admitted that his party had not given time to Sindh but now the people of the province were the priority for the PTI. He said that Sindh's people had been facing multiple problems and the PTI would try its best to get them resolved.

Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that corruption was the main cause of deaths in Thar due to the shortage of food and lack of medical facilities.

He said that mothers of victim children asked from the Sindh government what their sin was for facing starvation and food scarcity. He said that legislators of Sindh were selling jobs, there was no merit, results of the Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC) were being manipulated and there were no jobs for talented youth.

He said that officers were being promoted illegally by taking bribes. The menace of corruption and crime had deteriorated the Sindh situation. He said that talented youth was being ignored because they had not any political reference. He said that the province had become a safe haven for tax evaders and terrorists.

PTI leader said that over Panama Leaks, some prime ministers resigned and some were being under pressure by their people while Indian government without losing any minute, had constituted probe commission.

He said that now in London queries being asked from the tax evaders about investing such amount in other countries and paying no tax to develop their own country. He said that he bought a case of corruption to lawyers of Sukkur and hoped that they would help in the elimination of such mess. He said that change would start from the Sukkur as prominent lawyers of Sukkur had sacrificed their lives for the restoration of judiciary.

He said that amidst rampant corruption, there would be no development and there would be lawlessness.—Originally published in The News