Murad asks Sharifs to repay billions of rupees illegally spent on security, medical treatment

Murad asks Sharifs to repay billions of rupees illegally spent on security, medical treatment

Minister for Communication and Postal Services Murad Saeed has said bills would be sent to the Sharif family asking it to pay the government billions of rupees illegally spent on their security, fencing of residences, medical expenses and travelling expenditures.

Speaking in the National Assembly, he said former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has claimed that he did not take any salary, but actually his 327,000 dollars medical expenses and travel expenses were paid from the national exchequer in the year 2016.

He pointed out that 1000 million rupees of public money was spent on the security and fencing of his Jati Umra residence, while 2700 policemen were deployed for the security of his residence and 2000 million rupees were spent on it.

Murad Saeed Said Punjab Government had issued notifications declaring four houses in Model Town, Jati Umra and Defence Housing Authority as camp offices of Shahbaz Sharif.

He said contrary to that Prime Minister Imran Khan is not living in the PM House but is living in his home in Bani Gala and bearing his own expenses.

He said the security wall and fencing of residence of Imran Khan in Bani Gala was paid through party funds.

Murad Saeed told that Prime Minister Imran Khan had initiated projects of hospitals, schools, universities, sports grounds, power supply schemes and dams in Waziristan and allocated money for rehabilitation of displaced persons and for restoration of businesses and houses in tribal district.

He said building of shelter homes, distribution of health cards and initiating Ehsaas programme are major achievements of the government.