ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) secretary information Marriyum Aurangzeb on Friday expressed disappointment over the international organisation Global Fund's decision to protect and guard its money by itself instead of trusting the PTI government.

In a statement Marriyum said this is a clear expression of distrust by the Swiss organisation in Imran Khan's administration. She said the letter by the organisation is a statement of ineptitude, incompetence, non-seriousness, lack of transparency and mismanagement of the Imran-led government.

She said the additional safeguard policy by the organisation is a testament of the fact that this government has lost all credibility. The former information minister said the international fund has taken the step due to the political instability and the failed government in Pakistan.

She blamed the PTI government of criminal negligence and exclusion of people and stakeholders from decision-making and policy-making, rampant fraud and corruption in Pakistan. She told that the fund had decided to spend $300 million grant for AIDS, TB and malaria under its own supervision instead of trusting and involving the government of Pakistan. This, she said, is an expression of distrust and disappointment in Imran Khan's non seriousness in dealing with AIDS and other fatal diseases.

"Imran's similar attitude towards polio had reaped devastating results for the country where its spread has started increasing instead of diminishing under Imran's rule," she added. The PML-N secretary information said this letter is a proof that the government is not effectively spending the available resources on relevant programmes that need them the most. Even at the federal level, the minister health could not utilise the funds for national healthcare effectively, she claimed.

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