It is the glory of the Almighty that PML-N & Fazlur Rehman call Imran Khan’s govt corrupt: Fawad

ISLAMABAD, Jan 26 (SABAH): Addressing the matter of Transparency International’s recent report on global corruption on Wednesday, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry termed the report ‘senseless’ and the opposition an ‘organised mafia’.

The minister said that at a time when the World Bank had confirmed Pakistan’s economic growth of 5.37%, and praised the government’s policies to deal with Covid-19, a “baseless” report with no substance made headlines.

He said the report maintains that the rule of law had declined in Pakistan, “but nobody knows on what basis it has made the claim”.

Despite there being no mention of financial corruption in the report, the stories mentioned in the press release were such that they encouraged even a “corrupt opposition” to criticise the incumbent government.

Further referring to the opposition’s critique, the minister retorted that, “It is the glory of the Almighty that the PML-N and Fazlur Rehman call Imran Khan’s government corrupt,” stating that such claims were highly hypocritical.