LAHORE, June 17: Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary Information Ameerul Azim Tuesday demanded of the government to publish names of 1800 "beneficiaries of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO)" so that the nation could recover each penny from the businessmen politicians in the power.

Ameerul Azim was commenting on Governor State Bank Shamshad Akhtar remarks in front of National Assembly's standing committee the other day.

He pointed out that only two hundred amongst the 6000 defaulters could not reap the fruit of the NRO otherwise rest of all stand clear and clean from all liabilities under the NRO.

According to Shamshad Akhtar, he pointed out, use of political position and pressure for seeking loans from the bank has become order of the day. "No bank had ever dared to take action against any businessman politician in the country."

The JI media wizard deplored that on the one hand nation is indebted to world power to meet the extravagant and luxurious life style of such politicians who on the other hand are eating up with great ease the public money through lofty bank loans by misusing their political position and authority.

Ameerul Azim held such clique responsible for the hike in prices of basic commodities and of the petroleum products which is making the life of common man miserable.

The looters of national money, he said, have now joined hands and creating hurdles in the way of restoration of deposed judges because they fear from the independent and powerful judiciary which can take them to task for their plunder.

The Jamaat spokesman urged the need for a free and fair judiciary
because free judiciary can only serve as a safeguard against the
corruption.(#)


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