KPK Ministers
Three honourable minsters of KPK namely Yousaf Ayub (PTI), Bedar Bakht
and Abrar Hussain (both of Quami Watan Party) have been removed from the KPK
provincial cabinet on the charges of corruption against them Yousaf Ayub
apart from the corruption charge also stood disqualified by the Supreme Court
for holding a fake graduation degree. If the corruption charges are
correct then mere laying off the ministers is not much of a chastisement for
them and they should have been also booked for corruption and handed over to
the FIA or Police for proper investigations and legal action. No doubt, the PTI
has taken a bold step by dismissing its own ministers yet, it would have been
an historic and worth emulating by others a step taken by any ruling political
party for getting the cases of corruption registered against its own ministers.
There is still time for the PTI to do so and set an example for others to
follow. It would go a long way in weeding out the corruption from our ruling
elite.
Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
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