12 Pakistan Army officers have been suspended on the allegation of corruption by Army leadership, Waqt News reported. The officers include one Major General, one Lieutenant General, five Brigadiers, one Colonel, three Lieutenant Colonels and one Major.
According to sources the accountability process has been accelerated in the recent past in armed forces. All the service benefits of these officers have been taken back by the military authorities. The suspended officers served in Frontier Constabulary.
The army authorities have ordered to take the corruption money back from these officers.
The action has been taken right after the COAS General Raheel Sharif’s announcement of accountability across the board in the country. Two days ago Army Chief had stated: "Without ending corruption, Pakistan will not become peaceful and strong. The disease of corruption is destroying the roots of Pakistan.”
The statement was considered highly critical in the context of Panama Leaks because Pakistan’s political scene has been jarred by corruption allegations following the Leaks, which have accused many leaders, including the Sharif family, of possessing offshore investments.
Even before the Panama Papers’ allegations, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was investigating several senior members of the ruling party PML-N over corruption.
Furthermore, after the COAS statement, there was a demand in the political arena that army should start the accountability process in its own institution. This suspension of army officers is a major step taken by Pakistan Army and considered to be the first of its kind.
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