Premier further cuts down expenses of foreign trips. PHOTO: PID
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Davos, Switzerland next month will be the most economical compared to his predecessors, the government claimed on Monday.
Total expenditure of the three-day visit, in which the premier along with his delegation will attend the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) summit, is estimated to be at $68,000, according to the Press Information Department (PID).
Previous governments of Nawaz Sharif, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Yousaf Raza Gillani, the PID said, spent lavishly on their visits to the Swiss city in comparison.
Former prime minister Nawaz’s visit caused the most loss to the national exchequer with almost $762,199 million. Abbasi, PML-N’s second premier, spent $561,381 million and PPP’s Gillani $459,451 million on the trip during their respective tenures.
The statistics were also shared by Minister of State for Safron and Narcotics Control Shehryar Afridi on Twitter.
A stark difference between the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan and previous rulers. PM Khan is saving precious National resources while previous rulers abused them. This is #NayaPakistan @ImranKhanPTI pic.twitter.com/hay1BBh9gW
— Shehryar Afridi (@ShehryarAfridi1) December 30, 2019
The PID statement said that Prime Minister Imran has issued directives to further cut down expenses on his foreign trips. He has also directed the concerned to keep expenses of the next month’s trip to a minimum, it added.
The prime minister had also set an example of austerity in his two visits to the United States earlier this year. Expenses of his Washington trip were kept to a meager $68,000.
In comparison, according to the government’s claim, Nawaz had doled out $549,854 during his 2015 trip to the US whereas PPP Supremo Asif Ali Zardari spent $752,682.
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