LAHORE: The Rawalpindi Ring Road project scandal resonated in the Punjab Assembly on Friday as the treasury and opposition members leveled allegations of corruption against each other.

Not satisfied with the answer given to a written query during the Question Hour, PML-N’s Samiullah Khan alleged that the government deliberately delayed answering the question for eight months.

He challenged the authenticity of the details related to the scandal given in the house and said that action was taken only against the bureaucrats involved in the multi-billion rupees scam, while the political figures like federal ministers Ghulam Sarwar Khan and Zulfi Bukhari were given a clean chit.

He also alleged that both the prime minister and Punjab chief minister were aware of the wrongdoings committed in the ring road project and sought details of the meetings presided over by them pertaining to the project.

Parliamentary Secretary Taimur Masood said the prime minister had himself exposed the scandal and naming Imran Khan in the case would be unfair.

He said a transparent inquiry had been conducted into the case registered with the Anti-Corruption Establishment. He vowed to take the case to its logical end.

Published in Dawn, December 25th, 2021