PM House's spokesperson rejects reports of hike in premier's salary.

ISLAMABAD -- The spokesperson of the Prime Minister House has rejected the reports regarding the increase in the premier's salary and reiterated the call for a country-wide austerity drive being supervised by PM Imran Khan, media reported

The spokesperson said there is no truth in the reports about the hike of the premier's salary as PM Imran Khan is running a country-wide austerity campaign for reducing the government's expenses.

The campaign was initiated by PM Khan himself and reports for a hike in his salary were baseless and fabricated. An amendment was approved in the last federal cabinet's session related to the perks of the president and prime minister which permitted the top political personalities to declare only one resident as their camp office, the spokesperson clarified.

PM Imran Khan issued directives to set a limit for expenses in camp officers in view of reducing the burden on the national treasury, added the spokesperson.

It is pertinent to mention here that as...

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