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PM Imran desires nation’s support during tough times: Dr Firdous  

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ISLAMAB: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan here on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan desired the nation’s support during the tough times, ARY News reported.

Addressing a press conference following a federal cabinet meeting in Islamabad, Dr Firdous said that PM Imran was not using even the privileges of the premier and added that he paid PM House bills Worth Rs28 crore from his pocket.

Prime Minister Imran Khan cut PM House’s expenses; Dr Firdous said and added that the prime minister built the Banigala wall from pocket.

Talking about PM Imran’s austerity drive, Dr Firdous said that the prime minister along with the foreign minister would leave for US in September to attend the United Nations meeting but he would stay at the house of Pakistan’s ambassador instead of a seven star hotel.

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Criticizing the PML-N leadership, Dr Firdous said that Shehbaz Sharif had spent Rs45bn on personal publicity and added that he had been using brothers’ plane for picnic tours.

She said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) leadership embezzled national wealth and alleged the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had taken ‘Raja Kumari’ Maryam to United Nations on the nation’s expenses. She alleged that PML-N leaders ship was involved in money laundering and fake accounts case.

The special assistant said that the current government in Punjab was paying the price of wrong policies adopted by the PML-N government. She said that budget’s approval was interlinked with the country’s defence.

She said that criminals wanted to walk in the corridor of the parliament and urged the National Assembly speaker to differentiate between criminal and political prisoner.

Briefing the media on the cabinet meeting, DR Firdous said, “PM Imran has directed the cabinet members that austerity measures be implemented in letter and spirit.”

She said that the prime minister explained to the cabinet of all those initiatives that he personally took for austerity keeping in view the current economic challenges faced by the country.

PM Imran urged the Cabinet members to set an example for others by adopting simple lifestyle, she said and added that in budget 2019-20 there is already a cut of 13% for the PM House expenses.

Dr Firdous said that the incumbent government was even paying a sum of 280 million rupees in terms of outstanding bills of electricity left by previous government.

She said that the cabinet was informed that 157 Rest Houses of various government departments in addition to PTDC motels and NHA rest houses will also be opened for public.

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