PM Nawaz’s 14 foreign tours cost nation Rs 259m

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Nida Tahseen
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A sum of Rs259 million was spent on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s 14 foreign visits undertaken in the last 12 months, a private news channel reported.

Sources in the Foreign Office said that a staggering amount of Rs259 million spent on foreign tours in just a year is kind of a record itself. On an average each tour cost the national exchequer around Rs20 million.

Official documents revealed that PM’s most expensive tour was to the United Nations last year during which Rs87 million were spent while the cheapest tour costing Rs1.2 million was to the neighboring Afghanistan.

As per other details available two visits each to China, UK and Turkey cost the nation Rs41.9 million, Rs50.4 million and Rs9.6 million respectively while single tour to Iran, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Netherlands put burden of Rs4.8 million, Rs9.7 million, Rs10.2 million and Rs10.46 million respectively.

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8 COMMENTS

  1. I always knew that Mian Sahib would do a good job on Pakistan. When you have a PM like him, who needs enemies.

    • Bloody hell. Coming in to power is like going in a picnic for them. Zardari did the same and Musharaf had 35 foreign trips in last 60 months of his government. DO they have nothing else to do? Cant he go and visit Waziristan @MIan Sahib' my foot.

  3. add cost of 2 BMW also…..this prove that Pakistan is a rich country…thanks to MNS

  4. And this is who the beggar nation of Pakistan elected as their PM? I guess Pakistan isn't that poor after all. Maybe they beg out of habit and not need.

    • Your beloved India has 48% living below poverty line. You get charity from us Brits and when we stopped you complained. So look at your house first and clean the rubbish

  5. I dare you all to vote PPP or PML-N again.Vote for the same ol parties and get the same results.Did you guys really think 3rd time would be a charm???????????????????????????????????????????????Or were you expecting different results??????? You get what you pay for.

  6. And by the way,PTI ain't gonna be no different,they'll just drown the country in a year LOL.

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