A petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz for "misusing" public funds for political ads.
The petition was filed by Mushkoor Hussain through advocate Nadeem Sarwar.
Names of the prime minister, chief minister and the federal government have been included as respondents in the case.
The petition has taken the position that the government's extravagant spending on ads was at odds with its claims that it lacked the money to run the state affairs.
“The country is currently going through the worst economic situation and owes billions of rupees in foreign debt, the petitioner maintained, citing the government’s talks with International Monetary Fund (IMF) to revive the bailout package.
He contended that both Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz were squandering money on newspaper advertisements for “self-promotion” and cited PM Shehbaz’s recent widely-advertised visit to Turkey.
“A publicity campaign was launched for Hamza Shehbaz's clean water project from the state exchequer,” he added.
The petition prayed the court to restrain the government from using public funds for its advertising campaign and deposit the expenses incurred on the exchequer back to the treasury.
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