Pakistan’s new government has banned the open use of
state funds and 1st-class air travel by government officials and leaders,
including the President and the Prime Minister, as part of its severity drive.
“It has been decided that all the top government
officials, including the president, prime minister, chief justice, senate
chairman, speaker national assembly and the chief ministers will travel in
club/business,” Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry told the media.
He said that the flexible distribution of funds by
the Prime Minister and the President and other officials was also stopped by
the Cabinet.
The Prime Minister also decided to stop using
special plane for foreign visits or domestic travelling and use business class.
These decisions were made at a Cabinet meeting,
chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday.
Earlier, after the victory of PTI (Pakistan
Tehreek-e-Insaf), in the July 25 general election, Mr. Khan also decided not to
use lavish Prime Minister House and instead live in a small portion of it that
was previously used as the residence by the military secretary to the Prime
Minister.
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