PM Office spent Rs1b under Imran's rule, Senate told.

ISLAMABAD -- The federal government on Tuesday informed the Senate that Prime Minister's Office spent over Rs one billion during three years under the premiership of Chairman Pakistan Tehreek: e: Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan. Presenting the details of the expenses of the Prime Minister's Office from 2019 to 2021 in the House during the question hour session, Minister of State for Law Shahadat Awan said that a budget of Rs1.17 billion was allocated for the Prime Minister's Office during the three years when PTI was in power. He further said that the PM Office spent more than Rs one billion for the same period of time. According to the official data, the PM Office spent Rs 315.920 million in the year 2019: 20, which slightly declined to Rs 300.452 million in 2020: 21. The office utilized a maximum amount of Rs 384.931million during 2021: 22. On this, PPP Senator Bahramand Khan Tangi, the mover of the question, chided PTI by saying that former prime minister Imran Khan talked about coming to office by a bicycle and spoke...

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