More Adverse Criticism, More Motivated To Serve: Shehbaz Sharif

Rejecting all allegations regarding transfer of 17 million dollars to China, Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday said that his detractors could not break his resolve to serve with their false allegations and baseless accusations

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 30th Aug, 2017 ) : Rejecting all allegations regarding transfer of 17 million Dollars to China, Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday said that his detractors could not break his resolve to serve with their false allegations and baseless accusations.

"The more adverse is the criticism, the more stimulated I feel to serve the masses who have elected me to this office", he said during a press at the Model Town secretariat here. Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif said there was no truth in the transfer of 17 million dollars funds to China in the Multan Metro Bus (MMB) project, adding that a private television channel had hatched propaganda against him.

Shehbaz said the alleged company Capital Engineering did not exist at all and it was a poor attempt into defamation and undermine his achievements as a 'Khadim' of the people of Punjab. The CM said, he had served the people with honesty and dedication.

He said national interests and relations with China had been compromised through such baseless allegations, claiming such people were setting a bad example for the young generation as well besides making an attempt to malign the country.

He announced to resort to serve legal action against a private tv channel and PPP Senator Aitzaz Ahsan if they did not retreat from their false claims within 48 hours. He said there was no company like the Capital Engineering and Construction.

The Chief Minister presented himself for ruthless accountability if misappropriation of a single penny was proven against him, adding that the allegations were leveled by those who were involved in getting loans worth billions of rupees written off in the past.

The chief minister lashed out at PTI leader Jahangir Tareen and claimed that Tareen had got bank loans written off in the past and bought properties in London. He said he would not sit idle until this public money was recovered and returned to the poor and the orphan of the country.

Shehbaz said had all politicians been investigated whose Names had appeared in the Panama papers Leaks, adding that may had made fortunes by getting bank loans written off. About PTI Chairman Imran Khan, he said Imran Khan Niazi could never substantiate his allegations of 70 billion rupees incurred on the Metro Bus Service, adding that he was in the habit of making false accusations against his political adversaries.

He said the apex court had declared that former PPP Minister Babar Awan was responsible for delay in the Nandipur Power Project, adding that Babar Awan had made billions of rupees through corrupt practices.

The chief minister said 'so-called Mr Clean' had emptied the Bank of Punjab (BoP) through bank loans on fake identity cards in the past and loans worth 256 billion rupees were written off. Regarding introduction of defamation law in the province, the chief minister said the government would consider introducing such a law so that simple people could be saved from allegations, adding that politicians are regarded as thick-skinned people and must face criticism boldly.

To a query, he said his government had not utilized any aid from the US government after 2010, adding that he had reduced the load-shedding to the minimum.