LONDON: Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Raja Farooq Haider Khan has said that he has initiated ruthless accountability in AJK to bring to justice to those who have been involved in the loot and plunder of local resources in past, especially under the last PPP’s government.
The AJK PM told a private news channel here that his government fully committed to serve the people by establishing good governance.
He said that he has ordered audit of all the allotments and employment positions handed down as political bribes in the last ten years. He said that there will be no revenge against any politician but ruthless accountability is demand of the masses.
Raja Farooq Haider said that nearly one million people tracing their roots to Azad Kashmir live in Britain and they want accountability of those who looted the wealth of poor people.
He said that PTI leader Imran Khan and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari attacked Nawaz Sharif in their speeches to win AJK elections but failed to give any roadmap for the issues which the people of Azad Kashmir faced. “Its because of this reason that both parties were resoundingly rejected by the voters in Azad Kashmir. Kashmiris have always trusted the agenda of development and change and they naturally trusted Nawaz Sharif and PMLN,†said Raja Farooq Haider.
The PM said that restoring merit and strengthening institutions is his priority. He said that the Public Service Commission is being strengthened and a new mechanism is being devised on holistic basis which will mean that appointments will be made totally on the basis of merit. He said that nepotism and corruption will be rooted out at all costs. He said that test system was being brought back and it will be ensured that only those who fulfil merit requirements are posted.
He said that the scourge of baradriism has held back the people of Azad Kashmir but he was determined to take steps to end such prejudices.
