PESHAWAR (National Times) Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf founder and former prime minister Imran Khan has sent a stern message from his jail cell to members of his party\u2019s government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that they would be held accountable for corruption and governance issues in their departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI, along with PTI general secretary Omar Ayub Khan, former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser and other leaders, met the PTI founder in Rawalpindi\u2019s Adiala Jail on Thursday to discuss our government\u2019s performance and governance issues in the province,\u201d provincial communication and works minister Shakeel Ahmad told a presser on Friday<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe had information that all is not well in some departments, so he asked us to deliver a clear-cut message to cabinet members, administrative secretaries and other government officials that they will be held responsible for any corruption, commission and irregularities in their departments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Accompanied by provincial government spokesman Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif, Mr Ahmad said the PTI government in the province had zero tolerance towards corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that there were some complaints about administrative and other issues in his department, prompting Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur to remove its secretary on Thursday evening. The minister also said that he was not \u201ccomfortable with the axed secretary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sends message from jail they will be answerable for corruption in their departments<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n He said that the people should come forward if they had evidence of corruption or governance issues in any government department in the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe will submit a monthly report to the PTI founder regarding the performance of government departments in the province. Also, he will hold weekly meetings with all cabinet members of the province and place public complaints about their departments before them for response,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To a question, the communication and works minister said that the impression that the PTI founder had no trust in the province\u2019s chief minister was false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said that Chief Minister Gandapur was the leader of the house in the provincial assembly, enjoyed the complete support of the party\u2019s founder, and regularly met Imran Khan in jail to update him about his government\u2019s policies and actions and seek guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To another question, Mr Ahmad said that currently, \u201cparallel governments\u201d were functioning in the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere is an elected government led by Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, while the other government is run by unelected and non-political people,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He, however, didn\u2019t elaborate on his assertion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The communication minister also criticised Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif\u2019s government over the \u201cdenial of rights\u201d to the province and insisted that it had been four months since the PTI formed the provincial government but the centre continued to refuse the posting of a chief secretary of the PTI government\u2019s choice to the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said that it was one of the basic issues facing the PTI-led government in the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the occasion, Barrister Saif said that Communication and Works Minister Ahmad had highlighted the PTI founder\u2019s directions and provincial government\u2019s stand against corruption. He disclosed that all ministers would meet Imran one by one and ensure early resolution of people\u2019s complaints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere won\u2019t be any compromise on our commitment to eliminating corruption and administrative and financial irregularities from the province,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PESHAWAR (National Times) Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf founder and former prime minister Imran Khan has sent a stern message from his jail cell to members of his party\u2019s government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that they would be held accountable for corruption and governance issues in their departments. \u201cI, along with PTI general secretary Omar Ayub Khan, former National […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n