Terming as false the impression created by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) that the Punjab government is not cooperating with the NAB, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that officials have clear instructions to lend full cooperation to the Bureau.
"We are not worried about anything. The Punjab government has served the nation and we will never support any corrupt officer," he said while talking to media during the agreement signing ceremony between Punjab Land Record Authority and NADRA here on Wednesday.
Shahbaz claimed that the province has conducted the process of self-accountability and has no objection against the role of NAB. "The process of accountability is always impartial," he said. Replying to a question, Shahbaz said that they are not afraid of NAB. "I have issued clear instructions to hand over record to the NAB according to law because we have served the masses in a transparent manner."
Replying to another question, Shahbaz spilled the beans that Musharraf offered him to become the Prime Minister. Quoting his conversation with the former military dictator, he said: "If you have any grievance, then I can arrange your meeting with Nawaz Sharif. If there is another issue, then I am ready to play my role for it because I am of the view that there should be a complete harmony between Islamabad and Rawalpindi. On this, Musharraf asked me to arrange his meeting. He also said that he is going to Sri Lanka and he will prepare notes for the meeting. I made it clear to him that if I am not loyal to my leadership then how could I be loyal to you? However, martial law was imposed afterwards," he added.
Shahbaz Sharif compared the archaic patwari culture with the Land Record Management Information System and said that corrupt patwar culture has been eliminated to a large extent but an attempt was made to include this obsolete method in the new system. "I took immediate notice of it and action was taken against the responsible persons."
At another point, he quoted the phrase that one rotten fish can contaminate the entire pond and added that these people tried to ruin the new system but he did not let it happen. He said the World Bank has termed the computerization of land record model in Punjab as number one in the whole world as well as a role model. This is an honor for the Punjab government as well as for the whole country and the credit goes to the whole team members. Shahbaz said the 150 years old patwari culture was the worst possible system of administration. "The corrupt system is a thing of past," he said. "Punjab's land record system is ranked number one in the world."
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