Govt Moves To Probe Rs50b Transferred To UK By Bahria Town.

ISLAMABAD -- The government has decided to constitute a sub-committee to fully investigate the amount of fifty billion rupees 'illegally' transferred to the United Kingdom by Bahria Town during the previous government.

The decision was taken during a meeting of the federal cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif here yesterday.

Briefing the media-persons along with Minister for Information and Broadcasting Maryam Aurangzeb, Minister of State for Petroleum Musadiq Malik, Minister for Communication Asad Mahmood and Advisor to PM on Kashmir Affairs Qamar Zaman Kaira here on Tuesday, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said that these proceeds had to be returned to the national exchequer but this did not happen. He said the PTI government rather secured a in the amount and provided relief to Bahria Town. He said a land of 458 kanals was also transferred by Bahria Town to Al-Qadir Trust, the trustees of which are former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his spouse. He said this is the true face of Imran Khan who directly plundered the public money by getting his in 50 billion rupees and provided relief to Bahria Town.

Rana Sana said deal with the housing society has tarnished Imran Khan's 'Mr. Clean' image and added the government has exposed a deal between a private housing society and a trust being run by a former first couple revealing an element of corruption in it.

The Interior Minister said a private housing society gave 458 kanals of land in charity to a trust being run by ex-prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi. He said the ex-first lady's signatures were present on the original documents of the deed. He further claimed that 240 kanals of land of Bani Gala was transferred in the name...