Protesting the criminal step of the outgoing rulers to stash away billions of rupees, the business community has asked the Supreme Court of Pakistan to probe a financial scam, involving advances made on political consideration just before the assembly was dissolved to end the five-year term of the PPP-led coalition govt.

“How much advances were made on the last day of the government when banks are normally closed. What were the compulsions that forced the State Bank to make an exception,” asked industry and trade representatives. “The Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Ch should take suo moto action in this regard, directing the new government to launch an inquiry and disclose the amount, confirming mysterious transactions made particularly on last day of the government,” they added.

They said that outgoing government’s last day in power epitomizes how it ruled the country for five years. The steps taken on the last day are the concentrated version of what the rulers have done ever since it took power i.e. looted the national exchequer, made wrongful appointments and thrashed anyone who stood in their way while they shamelessly pillaged.

They said though the government has completed five-year tenure, yet it had completely failed to resolve the problems like dearness, unemployment, loadshedding, lawlessness and had generated multiple problems for the masses which have crippled the economy of the country.

They pointed out that speaker NA Fehmida Mirza approved 100% increase in benefits and allowances of all members of the NA. Millions of rupees worth of new cars were bought on her orders, besides approval of life time benefits and perks for Speaker of NA.

Addressing the oath-taking ceremony of several newly-elected provincial office-bearers of the APBF, the chairman Nabeel Hashmi and central president Rashid Mehr maintained that despite serious shortage of revenue, the banks were opened especially to settle the accounts, which created doubts.

The new office-bearers who took oath included Shuja ur Rehman,President APBF Punjab;Asim Zafar, SVP APBF Punjab; Faheem Khan, President APBF KPK and Faisal Shah Afridi, President APBF FATA.

They said that despite the SC order, the PM appointed his son-in-law as the Deputy Managing Director of the Pakistan China Investment Company.
This was done after the governments spent 5 months trying to accommodate the Prime Minister’s Son in Law at the Pakistan Brunei Investment Company.