Daily Times

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication, Dr Shahbaz Gill has said that former chief minister Shehbaz Sharif spent the entire budget of the province in Lahore for kickbacks. Responding to Marryam Aurangzeb’s statement, he said on Saturday that the monthly expenditure of the Orange Line train was about Rs540 million against its revenue of Rs60 million only. Dr Shahbaz Gill said that the former chief minister benefited the sugar mill owned by his sons. The past rulers did not consider abuse of power a crime for personal business gain, he added. He said the purpose of politics of former rulers was not public welfare but to expand their businesses. The special assistant to prime minister said they money laundered kickbacks under the guise of business. The businesses of former rulers grew rapidly, he said. Shahbaz Gill said despite tall claim of not committing a single penny corruption, money laundered billions of rupees.