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  • Anti-corruption drive would be completed till March: Sheikh Rasheed

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    Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed has on Saturday announced to move National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against corruption in department during Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz’s (PML-N) tenure.

    He was addressing presser here at Railways Headquarters in Lahore today.

    “We are also taking case of Business Train in the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) along with cases of Shalimar Express and Royal Palm”, the vocal minister was quoted as saying.

    The Awami Muslim League Chief confessed to holding an hour long meeting with Chaudhry Nisar. Responding to a question, the minister stated that he did not know whether Nisar was joining Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf or Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz.

    The minister hinted that anti-corruption drive would be completed till March while obliquely lambasting Asif Ali Zardari and Khawaja Saad Rafique with ‘street vendor and welding’ metaphors respectively.He added that the landmark China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) couldn’t be completed without M-1 project.

    The minister renewed commitment to vacate department’s land from the land grabbers group.

    Responding to a question, the minister added that he did not know the context in which Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan had made statement of u-turn.

    Replying to a question, Rasheeed added that it would take at least one year to fix the blunders of past.