{"id":4153,"date":"2026-11-10T20:03:31","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T15:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4153"},"modified":"2026-11-10T20:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T15:03:31","slug":"maryam-warns-ministers-against-corruption-vows-no-leniency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4153","title":{"rendered":"Maryam warns ministers against corruption, vows no leniency"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has warned members of her cabinet against corruption, saying she will not spare any minister if a complaint backed by evidence is brought against them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI swear that if anyone comes to me with a corruption complaint against any of my ministers, I will not spare them,\u201d she said while addressing a ceremony in Jhelum on Tuesday to distribute laptops and Honhaar scholarships among students.<\/p>\n

CM Maryam said no one would be allowed to misuse public money, adding that she remained accountable to the people of Punjab.<\/p>\n

She said she had never claimed that corruption had been eliminated from the province, but maintained that Punjab was the only province where the chief minister personally detected corruption cases and pursued them.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery day, I come across some form of corruption and follow it up,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The chief minister also questioned whether corruption was not taking place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Balochistan, asking why such cases were not being pursued with the same vigour.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Maryam aims at political opponents<\/h3>\n

CM Maryam said Punjab was progressing and development work was underway across the province.<\/p>\n

She said some people had started feeling uncomfortable as elections approached, adding that those who had not delivered any development projects found it easier to level corruption allegations against others.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who have not done even a single penny\u2019s worth of work find it easy to accuse others of corruption,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Referring to recent by-elections, she said banned organisations had made every effort to secure victories, but the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had emerged successful.<\/p>\n

She said public service could not be challenged by any political narrative.<\/p>\n

CM Maryam also questioned why those criticising the government continued to serve as ministers instead of resigning, saying some politicians were trying to secure their positions for their turn in power.<\/p>\n

She added that the arrogance of power and money would no longer prevail in Punjab.<\/p>\n

The chief minister said her government had launched development projects worth trillions of rupees over the past three years and challenged critics to identify even one project involving corruption.<\/p>\n

She also accused the previous governments in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of allowing corruption to flourish for years.<\/p>\n

Maryam said popularity did not require a political narrative, adding that people knew development took place under PML-N governments.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Scholarships, laptops and scooters for students<\/h3>\n

Addressing students at the ceremony, Maryam said she had come to reward them for their hard work.<\/p>\n

She said the students deserved the scholarships and laptops, while their parents also deserved recognition for their sacrifices.<\/p>\n

The chief minister said 109 students in Jhelum had received Honhaar scholarships.<\/p>\n

She added that the provincial government was preparing to distribute 100,000 scooters among students in December, with recipients also receiving formal training.<\/p>\n

CM Maryam said Punjab was the only province providing extensive support to young people.<\/p>\n

She claimed that government schools in Punjab were performing better than private schools and said green buses operating in Lahore were being introduced in other cities.<\/p>\n

The chief minister said the government had ended the practice of concentrating development projects in major cities, adding that people from other areas were now travelling to Jhelum for cardiac treatment.<\/p>\n

She also referred to an incident in which a shopkeeper allegedly assaulted a girl, saying the victim had been called to a police station and asked to slap the wealthy shopkeeper.<\/p>\n

CM Maryam said her government was standing with the poor and the vulnerable, adding that students had also been provided free travel on green buses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has warned members of her cabinet against corruption, saying she will not spare any minister if a complaint backed by evidence is brought against them. \u201cI swear that if anyone comes to me with a corruption complaint against any of my ministers, I will not spare them,\u201d she said while addressing a ceremony in Jhelum on Tuesday to distribute laptops and Honhaar scholarships among students. CM Maryam said no one would be allowed to misuse public money, adding that she remained accountable to the people…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}