Staggering amount spent over tackling Islamabad protests

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was shared the details of expenses on Wednesday during last five years to prevent and tackle protests in Islamabad.

“Over 1355.8 million spent to curb protests in Islamabad’s Red Zone during five years,” the Ministry of Interior informed the lower house during the question hour today.

According to the papers of details shared with the NA about the amount spent over law enforcement to tackle protests in Islamabad.

“In 2019-20 an amount 157.761 million rupees spent to tackle protests in Islamabad, while Rs 96.135 million spent in 2020-21,” the house informed.

In year 2021-22, Rs 277.948 million spent over law enforcement to tackle protests in the federal capital, while in year 2022-23 an amount of Rs 724.031 spent over foiling protests.

In year 2023-24 total 100 million rupees spent over law enforcement to prevent protests, according to the interior ministry documents.