KARACHI: In the backdrop of a NAB probe of corruption, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Central Vice President Haleem Adil Sheikh has demanded the federal government for putting the name of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on the Exit Control List (ECL).
While addressing a press conference at Sindh Assembly Building today, Haleem Adil Sheikh said, “Since 2007 the nation is seeing that one man is involved in all corruption in Sindh, who owns the portfolio of finance”.
The PTI leader said that billions of rupees received under the NFC Award have been shifted to the pockets of the corrupt mafia.
He claimed said Rs2.47 billion of pensioners also went to the corrupt mafia, adding that Salim Bajari and Dawach are frontmen of Murad Ali Shah in these corrupt practices.
Haleem alleged that the frontman of Sindh rulers Anwar Majid is involved in tractor scams and he was also given a subsidy of billions of rupees in Dadu Sugar Mills and Thatta Sugar Mills.
He said these corrupt people also harmed the Sindh Bank and they are also involved in the Nooriabad power plant scam. “A probe should also be held about the assets of Fiyaz Jatoi, whose family members are officers of up to 22-Grade, he demanded. Their bank accounts should also be probed. There is huge corruption in Roshan Sindh Program,” he alleged.
Haleem Adil Sheikh said “Sharjeel Inam Memon is involved in mega corruption and the Sindh Assembly Speaker has included his name in Penal of Chairmen.
He said these corrupt rulers devoured Rs920million in the name of castration of stray dogs. He said these people have made government schools non-functional, which are now being used as animal pens.
Model Ayan Ali and Omni Group cases show that the looted money went to the bank accounts of Zardari. He said officers of grade 19 and 20 are involved in this corruption, he added.
Talking about Maulana Fazalur Rehman, Haleem Adil said, “Maulana and Nawaz Sharif sent two delegations to Israel and now Maulana is coming to Karachi to hold an anti-Israel rally”. He asked the Maulana not to use the students of seminaries for his political rallies.
Haleem said that the opposition alliance is giving new deadlines after the expiry of previous deadlines but they are not willing to tender resignations.
On Tuesday, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had filed a corruption reference against Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah over alleged misuse of power in the province’s energy-related projects.
According to details, the anti-corruption watchdog filed a corruption reference against Sindh CM Syed Murad Ali Shah in an accountability court of Islamabad. Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah and Abdul Ghani Majeed are among 17 persons who are nominated in the corruption reference by the anti-graft watchdog.
CM Murad is facing charges of misusing the power in the disbursement of funds for energy-related projects in Sindh. According to the reference, public funds worth billions have been embezzled for Nooriabad Power Company and Sindh Transmission and Dispatch Company.
