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ISLAMABAD: As the Rawalpindi Ring Road (RRR) project controversy deepens, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari (Zulfi Bukhari) on Monday resigned from his position and Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar rejected giving benefit to a private housing society while offering to quit politics if corruption charges against him in the mega scandal proved.
According to senior official of the Punjab government, the RRR case has been referred to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the Anti-Corruption Department (ACD) of Punjab for thorough investigations on the directive of Prime Minister Imran Khan after two separate fact-finding reports one from Rawalpindi commissioner and the other from deputy commissioner and additional commissioner landed at PM office.
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain. APP/File
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Tuesday that no evidence of the involvement of any minister or prime minister’s aide in the Rawalpindi Ring Road (RRR) project scam had been found yet.
In a series of tweets a day after Zulfi Bukhari resigned as the special assistant to the prime minister over allegations of being one of the direct beneficiaries of the realignment of the RRR project, Fawad said an initial investigation by the Rawalpindi commissioner revealed the involvement of a former Rawalpindi commissioner and other officers in the scam.
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PIA not being privatised, efforts underway to transform it into a profitable entity: NA told
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AFP file photo of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft.
There is no plan to privatise Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), says Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan.
The minister says govt is very keen to make the national flag carrier a self-reliant and profitable entity.
Sarwar says loss-making routes have been closed and flights on profitable routes have been added.
The National Assembly was informed on Friday that there is no plan to privatise the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA),
The aviation minister told the NA during the question hour today that the incumbent government is very keen to make the national flag carrier a self-reliant and profitable entity.