KARACHI: Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed has said that the government is reopening Swiss account cases against Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari.
Addressing a press conference in Karachi on Sunday, the interior minister said that the Broadsheet inquiry commission has recommended reopening the Swiss cases. Sheikh Rasheed said the previous government gave away $60 million in the Swiss cases.
About the investigation into the sugar scandal, the minister said, “PM Imran Khan is fighting the mafias in to make sure the provision of relief to masses.”
Regarding the Daska By-election results, he said “It is a victory of democracy. The number of votes secured by PTI’s candidate shows that the plot of PM Imran Khan is still popular among the masses,” Sheikh Rasheed maintained.
He said, “We have won even after losing the elections as PTI candidate Malhi gained bagged more votes as compared to past.” “Imran Khan is personally looking at the issues related to inflation while in the month of Ramadan there will be an effort to provide relief to the masses,” he said.
The minister said effective measures are being taken to control inflation and price hike at the lower level. He also claimed that the national economy has been put on the right trajectory due to the prudent policies of the government.