{"id":15794,"date":"2023-05-01T19:29:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T14:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=15794"},"modified":"2023-05-01T19:29:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T14:29:14","slug":"rs20-billion-embezzled-from-pms-free-flour-scheme-claims-pml-n-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/rs20-billion-embezzled-from-pms-free-flour-scheme-claims-pml-n-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Rs20 billion embezzled from PM\u2019s free flour scheme, claims PML-N leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rs20 billion embezzled from PM\u2019s free flour scheme, claims PML-N leader\u06d4 Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has claimed that Rs20 billion were embezzled from the federal government\u2019s free flour distribution scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a ceremony in Lahore, the ruling party leader said that the country\u2019s system has become \u201cso corrupt and outdated\u201d that it cannot deliver.<\/p>\n<p>He said corrupt government officials would be identified in the past \u201cbut today is the time when we have to look for honest officers\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Abbasi asked what did poor get out of Rs84 billion subsidy allocated by the federal and provincial governments to provide free flour to the poor during the holy month of Ramazan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than Rs20 billion were stolen in the government&#8217;s free flour scheme,\u201d he alleged.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/shahid-khaqan-abbasi-criticises-ex-pm-imran-khan-for-mishandling-countrys-affairs.html\">Shahid Khaqan Abbasi criticises Ex PM Imran Khan for mishandling country\u2019s affairs<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Responding to his allegations, the Centre and the caretaker government of Punjab rejected his claims.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said millions of poor people in Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Islamabad were provided free flour during the holy month with \u201cfull transparency and honesty\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She said that Prime Minister<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMShehbaz\"> Shehbaz Sharif<\/a> himself visited the flour distribution points in different cities.<\/p>\n<p>The minister also lauded the efforts of administrative officers and other staffers involved in the free flour distribution for making the historic scheme successful.<\/p>\n<p>Punjab caretaker Information Minister Amir Mir also rejected Abbasi\u2019s allegation saying not even a single penny of corruption took place in the free flour scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The free flour scheme has been the most successful scheme in the history of Punjab, he said adding that 30 million deserving people of Punjab benefited from the subsidy.<\/p>\n<p>He said subjecting the flour subsidy to the party\u2019s internal politics was unfair. \u201cShahid Khaqan Abbasi should either apologise or provide evidence,\u201d the provincial minister demanded.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rs20 billion embezzled from PM\u2019s free flour scheme, claims PML-N leader\u06d4 Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has claimed that Rs20 billion were embezzled from the federal government\u2019s free flour distribution scheme. 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