- Says PM assured the Cabinet that govt’s crackdown against terrorists will continue and the menace of terrorism will soon be eliminated
- Says Amnesty Scheme to be further discussed by Cabinet today
- Says Sharif family and PPP’s Asif Ali Zardari looted the country,
95 per cent assets of Sharif family were TT-based
ISLAMABAD, April 16: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday said that the government has taken decision to make amendments in the Pakistan Penal Code and the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has been given authorities regarding money laundering.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad after federal cabinet meeting on Tuesday, he said that amendments were being introduced in the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) so that the plunderers could be brought back to the country.
He said that the country is facing crisis due to the wrong policies of rulers in the past, adding that the money laundering cases will be taken to logical end.
“Sharif family and Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari looted the country in the past,” he said and added 95 percent assets of Sharif family were TT-based.
The minister said that former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif and party president Shehbaz Sharif received money through TT messages from abroad.
Chaudhry went on to say that former finance minister Ishaq Dar, PML-N supremo’s sons Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz were not appearing before the courts in their cases.
He said, “MQM’s London-based founder, Ishaq Dar, Hasssan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz are Pakistan’s gifts which Islamabad wants Britain to return.
Fawad Ch said that the federal cabinet has expressed serious concerns over the money laundering. The cabinet also failed to give approval for the amnesty scheme and a special session has also been summoned to further discuss the scheme.
Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said the cabinet decided to further discuss Asset Declaration Scheme, and a meeting to this effect has been convened by the prime minister on Wednesday.
To a question, he said that the country’s civil-military leadership and nation have consensus over the implementation of National Action Plan (NAP).
He said “The terrorism-related incidents have decreased in the country following the implementation of National Action Plan (NAP) and now it will be implemented in letter and spirit.”
Fawad said the government is fast moving on implementation of National Action Plan, and it is not far when terrorism will be eradicated from the country. He said external factors are involved in the terrorist incidents in the country, and the government is close to completely destroy that infrastructure.
The minister said, “Prime Minister Imran Khan has assured the federal cabinet and the nation that the government s crackdown against terrorists will continue and the menace of terrorism will soon be eliminated.”-Agencies
