Maryam Nawaz : “Al-Qadir Trust University now under my control”

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Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz said that the Qadir Trust University, “is now under my control” and scholarships would also be given to its students on Friday.

Reportedly, after Accountability Court Judge Nasir Javed Rana gave a 14-year sentence to Imran Khan and a seven-year sentence to his wife Bushra Bibi at Adiala Jail in the £190 million Al-Qadir Trust University case, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz said the varsity “is now under my control” and scholarships would also be given to its students.

While addressing the event of Honhaar Scholarship Programme at the University of Okara, CM Maryam said,”the court has handed over control of the varsity to the government following the verdict of the £190 million case.”

The judge directed the authorities to hand over the custody of Al-Qadir Trust University to the federal government led by CM Maryam’s uncle Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

She said that “theft has been proven in the Al-Qadir Trust case as its verdict came in today. “Imran Khan is the first [former] prime minister who has been caught red-handed while committing corruption.”

Maryam Nawaz further said that she saw a video of some students who had invited her to visit them. “Students will get religious and conventional education at the varsity and I will also award scholarships and laptops to them,”

“I want to hand over scholarships to our children, not petrol bombs. Those children who have been given petrol bombs are now in jail. They were encouraged to attack police and blindly believe whatever content they watch on social media.”

She encouraged students to be the driving force behind the province’s advancement, “Your energy is what I need because you all are my core strength. To bring development to this province, I rely on your dedication”.