Fawad hopes PML-N would cooperate with NAB in cases against Zardari registered in its tenure

ISLAMABAD, April 1 (APP):Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Monday said none of the cases against Asif Ali Zardari were registered during Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government.  

Talking to media persons here, he said most of the cases, registered against Asif Zardari including those related with money laundering were filed during Nawaz Sharif regime saying that investigation of those cases was done by the previous government.

He expressed the hope that as far as these cases were concerned the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) would cooperate with National Accountability Bureau (NAB). He said he was seeing future of Asif Zardari in jail. 

To a question he said there was no plan to change the name of Benazir Income Support Programme or close it, rather a new programme Ehsas had been launched for poverty alleviation and its scope was being expanded.

He said unemployed youth would be given loans, homeless people would be provided shelter, and financially weak people would be given financial assistance under this programme.Moreover, he said assistance would also be provided to businesses.

To another question, he said petroleum products were imported and their prices was linked with international market that’s why; the recent prices were showing upward trend.

He said during Nawaz Sharif government prices of petroleum products were very low.