Shahid Khaqan terms PTI govt most corrupt in the history of country.

ISLAMABAD -- Former prime minister and Senior Vice President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday while terming the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government most corrupt in the history of the country said that there isn't going to be minus one but it's going to be minus PTI.

Addressing a press conference at the parliament lodges on Thursday, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that the vote is the voice of conscience and if someone sold his conscience, he will be held accountable before Allah Almighty.

Speaking about the ban on PIA flights abroad, he said that the license is issued by the Civil Aviation Authority and not the government, adding that this is a matter of employment of 262 pilots and Pakistan's honor.

Regarding sugar scandal, Abbasi said that sugar was procured by paying more than Rs8,300 per tonne on the old tender, adding that the Supreme Court of Pakistan should take suo motu notice of the issue while his party would also file a petition.

He said that there were so many chapters of corruption in the government that they would never end. The sugar problem has been going on in Pakistan for 21 months, adding that sugar is being sold at the price of Rs 85 but the government does not care.

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi named the PTI government as the 'friends of Khan'. 'This is a government of friends,' Abbasi said. He said it is most corrupt government in the country's history.

'There has been an issue of sugar for the past 21 months,' the former premier said. 'It should be priced at Rs55 [per kg], but it is being sold for Rs85.'

The inquiry commission on sugar crisis was supposed to look into sugar price hike which it did not do, Abbasi said.

He said the prime minister had instated his friends in the Utility Stores Corporation like other departments. The PML-N leader said the price of sugar must be brought back to Rs55 per kg.

The Supreme Court should take suo motu notice on the matter, he said, adding they would also file a petition in this regard. He said that unfortunately there is shortage of sugar at the utility stores even today.

He said that it is our information that Rs 45 billion has been allocated in form of subsidy for utility stores...

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