KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah to submit his reply in a case pertaining to alleged rampant corruption in the Thar Coal Authority within a period of one month, ARY News reported.
An apex court bench, headed by Justice Gulzar Ahmed, expressed displeasure over the Sindh government for failing to furnish an audit report regarding expenses incurred by the authority.
“Not a single glass of water has been made available to the people of Thar despite spending Rs105 billion,” observed the bench, adding that the government has not provided basic facilities to the people.
“All this money went into pockets,” Justice Gulzar remarked and added it’s the duty of the government to provide the people basic amenities.
“You people can’t even carry out development work in a transparent manner. Billions of rupees meant for Thar Coal Authority and Mobile Emergency Unit were embezzled,” he said, censuring the advocate general Sindh.
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In the previous hearing, the SC had expressed dissatisfaction over the non-submission of an inquiry report regarding corruption in the Thar Coal Authority. It asked the Sindh government to submit a progress report along with pictures of the project and the development work, if any.
