PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to form an anti-corruption authority to deal with corruption cases.
The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur.
The new authority will replace the existing Anti-Corruption Establishment, functioning under an over a six-decade-old law.
Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur chaired a meeting to approve the new Anti-Corruption Act. Officials will soon finalise the act and present it for approval.
The new law will effectively combat white-collar crime. The new authority will replace the existing establishment. Experts will be recruited on merit through the Public Service Commission.
The government enforces a zero-tolerance policy against corruption. It aims to strengthen the anti-corruption system.
Chief Minister Gandapur stressed the government’s commitment to eliminating corruption. He confirmed that new anti-corruption laws will be implemented soon.
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Interestingly, PTI in its first government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, instead of strengthening the anti-corruption establishment, had established the KP Ehtesab Commission in 2014 to fight corruption. But after the emergence of corruption allegations against PTI ministers and lawmakers, the government repealed the KPEC Act, of 2014, and transferred all the complaints, inquiries and investigations pending before the commission to the Anti-Corruption Establishment.
