Spending millions on advertising of savings defeats the very purpose of saving, which the government boasts of
LAHORE: The government has been advertising its claim of saving Rs215 billion in various infrastructure projects on television channels over the last several days. How can the people of Pakistan believe the accuracy of this claim when there is no independent verification available?
I have lost count of the number of times a day this advertisement is repeated on dozens of television channels. Ironically, it has been running constantly over the last few days, costing perhaps millions in taxpayers’ money. Spending millions on advertising claims of savings defeats the very purpose of saving, which the government boasts of in this advertisement.
Ejaz Ahmad Magoon
Published in The Express Tribune, May 23rd, 2016.
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