Money of auctioned cars to be spent on welfare schemes: minister

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Communications Murad Saeed has said following the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the money obtained from auction of vehicles will be spent on public welfare schemes.

He said Prime Minister Khan had fulfilled his commitment for termination of protocol culture.

He was talking to media men on the occasion of auction of vehicles of National Highway Authority (NHA). Senior officers from the Ministry and NHA were also present on the occasion.

Murad Saeed said pragmatic steps are underway to eliminate corruption in the country and the corrupt practices will be uprooted in the Ministry and its attached departments on every level. The individuals involved in money laundering will have to face accountability, he added.

He further said, Prime Minister Imran Khan is drawing attention towards solving the public issues and the plan for construction of 5 million homes is a step forward towards public welfare schemes. He hoped that duration of hard time would soon come to an end. Spending of public money on public is real democracy, he added.

The NHA has also scheduled auction of vehicles in its offices at Abbottabad, Lahore, Multan, Sukkur, Karachi, Quetta and Gilgit. NHA vehicles at Peshawar will be auctioned on October 17, 2018.

On Sep 18, 61 of the 102 luxury and surplus vehicles parked on the lawns of PM House were auctioned off at a ceremony attended by bidders.

During the first phase, the vehicles that were auctioned off included eight BMWs, three cars of 2014 model and three 5000cc SUVs and two 3000cc SUVs of 2016 model.

The list also contained four Mercedes Benz cars of 2016 model. Two of them are 4,000cc bullet-proof vehicles.

There were 16 Toyota cars as well. One of them was 2004 Lexus car, one 2006 Lexus SUV and two 2004 Land Cruisers. Eight cars ranged from 2003 to 2013 models.