PESHAWAR: ANP Senator Ilyas Ahmed Bilour on Sunday demanded formation of a high-level commission headed by a sitting or retired judge to probe the allegations of corruption leveled by the Bank of Khyber against a provincial minister.

Senator Bilour, who is also a leader of the Businessman Forum, said the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government was not sincere to probe the affairs of BOK as it had failed so far to announce a judicial commission for the purpose, according to a statement.

The ANP leader said his party would not accept any administrative reshuffle in BOK. He said it was astonishing that Jamaat-i-Islami, which was running a campaign against corruption, had turned a blind eye to the alleged corruption of its own minister. He also lamented the ‘silence’ of PTI chief Imran Khan over the high profile case.

He said the previous ANP government had focused attention on progress of BOK, increasing its annual profit up to Rs600 million, alleging the provincial government was using the bank for its own benefit.

Mr Bilour, who is ANP parliamentary leader in the Senate, said his party would raise the issue in the parliament to force the government to ensure transparency in the bank’s affairs.

Published in Dawn, April 25th, 2016