CM House expenditure reduced significantly in two years: Fayyaz-ul-Hassan
Last updated on: 02 September,2020 12:46 pm
Punjab government reduced cost of vehicle repairs by 53 pc: Fayyaz-ul-Hassan
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Punjab Information Minister Fayyaz-ul-Hassan Chohan on Wednesday said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has significantly reduced expenditure of Chief Minister House in last two years.
Fayyaz-ul-Hassan revealed that expenses of CM House other than salaries of employees amounted to Rs238 million in 2017-18. However Punjab government under the leadership of Usman Buzdar reduced these expenses by 37 percent to only Rs150.52 million.
He further said that Rs89.9 million were spent on gifts and recreation during 2017-18 but Buzdar government brought them down by 56 percent to Rs39.99 million. He added that provincial government also reduced cost of vehicle repairs by 53 percent and security cost of CM House by 85 percent.
Punjab info minister also said that government is custodian of national exchequer. He added, on the other hand, CM Office was used to launder money through personal servants during previous governments.