Putting rumours to rest, Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has said that the current system is not going anywhere and that the government will complete its constitutional five-year term.
Naqvi said he was accountable to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for his performance and had requested the prime minister to conduct third-party audits of all ministries, including his own.
Speaking to the media on Thursday, Naqvi said he had urged the prime minister to order an impartial review of the performance of all ministries and make the findings public so that people could see how effectively each ministry was functioning.
He said his attendance at cabinet meetings had been around 70 per cent. He added that he still stood by his position that the country’s system had deteriorated over the past 80 years, but clarified that his remarks should not be interpreted as criticism of the incumbent government.
The interior minister said Pakistan would have made far greater progress had the system been functioning properly. Praising Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s performance, he said the prime minister worked 14 to 16 hours a day.
He added that the significant increase in Federal Board of Revenue collections, diplomatic achievements and reforms in various sectors, despite the limitations of the existing system, reflected the prime minister’s leadership.
Naqvi said that with a better and stronger system, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif could have put the country on the path of development at a much faster pace.
Rejecting speculation about his relationship with the prime minister, he said some people wanted to see differences between them, but their wish would not be fulfilled.
The federal interior minister also expressed confidence that the incumbent government would complete its constitutional term and that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif would remain in office for five years.
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