Punjab caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi has approached the National Accountability Bureau and also announced holding an independent audit of the free flour scheme after Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s corruption allegations against the provincial and federal government.
“Baseless allegations by some PML-N leaders regarding ‘Free Atta Scheme’ in Punjab being put to independent audit in the interest of transparency and financial prudence,” he said in a tweet from his official handle on Saturday. He also added that the interim set-up decided to go for an immediate audit through AGP office, and simultaneously through a private audit firm of established international repute.