Gilgit Baltistan: People want to see action, not words
SKARDU:
Chairman
Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement (GBUM) Manzoor Hussain Parwana has said that
until the federal government took practical steps to eliminate corruption and
bring all the corrupt elements to justice, the PML-N leaders' claims about the
issue will remain an eyewash. He said that the visit of the federal minister
for Gilgit-Baltistan affairs Birjees Tahir to the region and his claims and
promises seemed to the start of a war of power between his party and the PPP
government of the region.
Parwana said that
the decision of the minister and the chief secretary to launch probes into
corruption allegations was a welcome step but the people of the region wanted
action not words, he said in a statement. The GBUM leader also said that the
PPP government consisted of a group of corrupt people and seemed that the new
PML-N government had decided to protect the group, creating further sense of
deprivation among the people of the region. Besides, this lacklustre attitude
of the rulers is leading to further increase in corruption. He welcomes the
decision of the federal government to take action against illegal appointments
during the last about four years but said that process should be transparent and
across the board.
He said the new
chief secretary should start his proceeding from where his predecessor Younus
Hotiana had left it. Mr Parwana also demanded that the 3,000 illegal
appointments made in the education department should be declared null and void
and new hiring should be made in a transparent manner keeping in view merit. He
regretted that the region was being made a beggar area due to the incompetency
of the rulers.
He said that the working of the government had
come to a complete halt and the government was even not able to pay salaries to
the employees and the outstanding bills of the contractors.
