*ISLAMABAD – Federal government has banned the discretionary use of statefunds by Prime Minister and President.*

*It has been revealed that Former PM Nawaz Sharif used discretionary fundsworth Rs 51 billion in total in a single year.*

*Federal government has further stopped first-class air travel by officialsand leaders, including the president and the prime minister.*

The decisions were taken at a Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime MinisterImran Khan.

“It has been decided that all the top government officials, including thepresident, prime minister, chief justice, senate chairman, speaker nationalassembly and the chief ministers will travel in club/business,” InformationMinister Fawad Chaudhary told media.

He said that the discretionary allocation of funds by the prime ministerand the president and other officials was also stopped by the Cabinet.

The prime minister also decided to stop using special plane for foreignvisits or domestic travelling and use business class.

The minister said former prime minister Nawaz Sharif used Rs 21 billiondiscretionary funds during one year and also allocated Rs 30 billion toparliamentarians for development schemes at his own will.

“Since the national kitty is not a personal property of any individual,therefore, the cabinet has decided that all future projects will routethrough the parliament to ensure that tax payers’ money were spentjudiciously.”