Sacked KP minister demands judicial probe into corruption allegations

PESHAWAR: Former provincial minister for communications and works Shakeel Ahmad Khan on Sunday demanded a judicial probe into the allegations of corruption leveled against him.

“A judicial inquiry should be conducted into the allegations of corruption against me. I am ready to face investigation by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB),” he said while speaking to Geo News.

It may be mentioned that Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur sacked Shakeel Ahmad on the charges of corruption.

He said the provincial government had compromised over principles and commitments we made to the people during the election campaign.

The former minister said that bad governance and corruption at the provincial government level had destroyed the image of the party programme and manifesto.

The resignation of Shakeel Khan had led to rifts in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership with Atif Khan and Junaid Akbar putting their weight behind Shakeel - a move which apparently didn’t sit well with Gandapur’s administration which de-notified Akbar after his overt support for the former minister.

Referring to the three-member committee formed by the party to monitor corruption and governance in the KP, Shakeel said: “It is a bad governance committee.”

Noting that former president Arif Alvi had assured him of arranging a meeting with PTI founder Imran Khan, Shakeel said that he would communicate everything to the incarcerated former prime minister upon meeting him.

He said that he would remain silent till the party’s September 8 rally and would present his point of view to the public after the gathering.