Selling 1,500-kanal golf club for Rs4,000 ridicules the poor, says Khawaja Asif
Pakistan
Selling 1500-kanal golf club for RS4,000 ridicules the poor, says Khawaja Asif
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Minister for Defence Khwaja Asif said on Tuesday the poor were ridiculed when a 1,500-kanal golf club on the Mall Road was leased for just Rs4,000.
Speaking to the media, he said half of the country’s population was living in poverty. "Big companies and institutions have defaulted and we have to do something about it", he added. The poor, he said, should be given places to reside at the club [instead].
He said the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) statistics had reflected that the board failed in meeting the yearly revenue target. “The sword of economic default is not looming over the country as we have struck an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF),” he added.
