JHELUM: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has warned that strict action will be taken against any provincial minister found involved in corruption or accepting bribes, saying she would not tolerate such practices in her government.
Addressing a scholarship and laptop distribution ceremony in Jhelum on Tuesday, Maryam said she would not spare any minister if she received information about their involvement in corruption or bribery.
“Let me know if any minister has committed corruption or taken a bribe; I will not spare them,” she said.
The chief minister challenged critics to identify even a single rupee of corruption in projects worth thousands of billions of rupees, claiming that Punjab was the only province where the chief minister regularly exposed corruption cases.
She also questioned allegations of corruption against the Punjab government, asking whether similar issues did not exist in Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Referring to the political situation ahead of the next elections, Maryam said criticism had intensified as polls approached, alleging that some people were trying to secure their political positions for the future.
During her address, she also highlighted the provincial government’s initiatives for young people, saying today’s youth held laptops instead of petrol bombs and stones.
She described talented students as her heroes and said investment in education was an investment in the country’s future.
