Countries get bankrupt with corruption of political elites: PM.

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said countries get bankrupt and indebted when the head of state or government and his/her ministers become corrupt.

In a tweet on Sunday along with a link regarding the US presidential actions titled 'memorandum on establishing the fight against corruption as a core US national security interest,' the prime minister said, "When low level officials take bribes it creates problems for the citizens as speed money is like a tax on them but countries get bankrupted and indebted when the head of state and his ministers are corrupt."

The attached link of the memorandum read, "Corruption corrodes public trust; hobbles effective governance; distorts markets and equitable access to services; undercuts development efforts; contributes to national fragility, extremism, and migration; and provides authoritarian leaders a means to undermine democracies worldwide. When leaders steal from their nations' citizens or oligarchs flout the rule of law, economic growth slows, inequality widens, and trust in government plummets."

Earlier on May 20, addressing the virtual groundbreaking ceremony of Naukundi-Mashkhel road in Islamabad, Prime Minister Khan reiterated his resolve that he and his government would not bow down before corrupt mafia and would not grant a reprieve to anyone.

Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed for all official engagements to be held in Urdu, with an aim to give due respect to the national language and promote the same.

"The prime minister has been pleased to desire that henceforth all the programmes events/ceremonies, arranged for the prime minister, shall be conducted in the national (Urdu) language," said a communique issued by the Prime Minister's Office. It added: "Further necessary action to implement the above directions of the prime minister shall be taken by all concerned accordingly."

Furthermore, the PM was quoted as saying that he was "committed to promoting and giving due respect to the national language."

In September 2015, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered adopting Urdu as the official language at all government departments.

A three-member bench of the apex court headed by then Chief Justice Jawwad S Khawaja announced its judgment over the petitions seeking to adopt Urdu as the official language. Calling for an immediate implementation of Article 251, the top court had issued nine guidelines for making Urdu the official language.

According to Article 251, the national language...