'Over Rs30 million spent on PM’s recent trip to New York'

Govt tells LHC that fund was approved by Parliament in response to petition accusing PM of overspending on tours


Rana Yasif November 27, 2014

LAHORE: The federal government told the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday that Rs30.7 million were spent on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's recent trip to New York.

The deputy attorney general told the court that Parliament had approved a fund for the premier's foreign tours.

Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah of LHC, during a previous hearing, had warned the government of the imposition of a fine if details of the visit’s expenses were not submitted in court.

The judge observed that the court would see whether it has the jurisdiction to question the funds approved by Parliament.

Barrister Javed Iqbal Jafree had filed a petition, challenging the foreign tours of the prime minister along with his family and help.

The petitioner alleged that the premier travelled along with his family on a special plane, stayed at expensive hotels, made business deals for personal developments and shifted public money abroad. He also requested the court to put the prime minister's and his family members’ names on the Exit Control List (ECL).

Barrister Jafree also requested that a mental examination of the prime minister be carried out as “he conveyed a bad image of the country by serving people local food items in foreign countries”.

The hearing was adjourned for a week as the petitioner’s counsel failed to appear before court on Thursday.

COMMENTS (29)

Naheed | 9 years ago | Reply

Still living in the mental shack aren’t you? Ever heard of FBR ? India is an innovator in this type of nuclear tech. But how would you know ? Your local uncle AQK , who has since been discredited and who is writing his own moronic stories in ‘ the news’ ,was the one who copied verbatim the designs from abroad and your foreign Uncle with “a mining accident a day” should know wherefrom you got your nuclear tech. Today the world is worried about proliferation from Pak and not from India. The same Canada is lining upto supply the yellow metal to India in competition with Australia and others while the international comity of nations treat you like the ebola patient . Wanna try again ?

haris | 9 years ago | Reply

@Humza: Oh yeah! you are 100% correct. Just ignore the crying Pakistanis. They have a habit of crying. 30m Rs. is nothing. NS would spent such amount on his one night dinner only.

Actually we have not elected Nawaz Sharif as PM only but his entire family or frankly speaking his entire Khandaan including maids, butlers, gardeners etc as the premiers of the State.

VIEW MORE COMMENTS
Replying to X

Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive.

For more information, please see our Comments FAQ