ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan claimed on Wednesday that a probe into the metro bus projects and Orange Line Train Metro Train project will reveal that earning massive kickbacks was the reason for “building these loss-making mega projects”. In a message on Twitter, Imran Khan shared a report of a private news channel wherein it was reported that an audit report of the Islamabad-Rawalpindi Metro Bus project revealed a loss of Rs 5 billion to the national exchequer. The report stated that “unnecessary construction material costing Rs 2.26 billion was obtained for the project while Rs 39 crore was paid to the illegal occupants of the public property. Rs 27 crore was spent in services head before the plying of the buses”. “Could have built state of the art Shaukat Khanum-style hospital with that money,” Imran said in his Tweet, referring to the free cancer treatment hospital he established in Lahore. Responding to the Tweets, Punjab government Spokesperson Malik Ahmed Khan said Imran should focus on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where the PTI is in power. He claimed that the record of transparency in the Punjab government’s projects is unparalleled. Malik Ahmed Khan claimed this was just another one of the PTI chief’s lies, adding that Imran was in a habit of starting his day with baseless allegations. news desk Term of judge hearing cases against Sharifs will be extended Published in Daily Times, March 8th 2018.