AG promises action against corrupt officials, ministers.

Attorney General (AG) Muhammad Ishaq Alako has said that double of the embezzled amount will be recovered along with imprisonment is any of the ministers or other government employees were found guilty of corruption. Addressing a news conference here on Saturday, the attorney general said a special court would be established under the constitution to hear the cases of corruption against ministers and other governmental officials. "We have cases about mayors, deputies, directors and a number of serving or former ministers and we will take the same to the court," said the attorney general.

He said his office had cases against former minister for Haj and auqaf Enayatullah Qasimi, present deputy minister Muhammad Siddiq Chakari, former minister for transport Habibullah Qadiri and former director of the Aryana Airlines Nadir Aatish.

Alako said case about the deputy minister for Haj and auqaf was present with his office and the minister should reply to several questions. "Complete cases were laying with us about him and several other ministers and those will be brought before the court when it is established," said the attorney general. Asked about their seriousness in the cases against the ministers, the attorney general said that they had all the requisite documents and they would present the same to the court.

The rest of the job will be done by the judges and the court, said the attorney general. He said the the problem of administrative corruption was related to the problem of narcotics and security.

He said the locals and the international community fully aware of the problem of administrative corruption and they want the government to address the same. He said the proposed court would not only help in discouraging administrative corruption, but also stop others involving themselves in corruption in future.

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