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Info minister laments difference in treatment of imprisoned 'rich and poor'
December 22, 2018
ISLAMABAD, Dec 22 (INP): Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday lamented the benefits given in the name of democracy to the rich and powerful who are imprisoned.
The information minister took to Twitter and said, “If you are rich and powerful then in the broader interest of democracy, your house in the ministers’ colony will be declared a sub-jail. The green belt in front of your house will be made part of your bungalow in the name of security and you can do the government’s audit.”
[timed-content-server show="12/23/2018 01:00 Asia/Karachi"]Chaudhry added that if you are poor then even after death you will be handcuffed. “If you are poor then even after death you will be shackled to keep your soul from escaping and your body will be put on display," he said. The house of the Opposition Leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif located in the Ministers’ Enclave has been declared a sub-jail multiple times to detain him in connection with a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) case against him. A day earlier, pictures of the body of former Sargodha University official Mian Javed went viral on social media with handcuffs still on and were severely criticised on social media. The NAB had arrested Javed earlier in October along with former Sargodha University vice-chancellor Dr Mohammad Akram Chaudhry and four other university officials. According to the anti-corruption watchdog, the suspects were accused of receiving millions in bribes for allowing third parties to establish illegal sub-campuses. INP/LK[/timed-content-server]Related Articles