People want accountability of corrupt elements: Fawad

ISLAMABAD, Oct 5 (APP):Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Friday said the people wanted across the board accountability of all the corrupt elements.
Talking to private news channels, he said the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was an independent institution and the government had no influence over it. The country would make progress with a transparent system of accountability, he added.
The minister said there was no role of any minister or government official in the arrest of former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif by the NAB authorities. He made it clear that he never talked about the arrest of Shehbaz Sharif.
He said probe into the Ashiana Housing Scheme scam was not initiated during the PTI government as the scandal had surfaced during the PML-N’s own government and the Bureau continued the investigations even during the interim set-up.

To a question, he said it was strange that transactions of billions of rupees were being done in the accounts of cooks and drivers.
To another question, he said NAB would decide about placing the names of PML-N leaders Saad Rafique and Salman Rafique on the Exit Control List. The government was bound to implement NAB’s decision in that regard, he added.
To another query, Fawad said the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI), government was well aware of the country’s economic condition and was measures to provide conducive environment to businessmen for making investment.
“We have had an agreement with Saudi Arabia, which is taking keen interest to investment in various sectors,” he added.