Treasury 'a trust of nation', Buzdar responds to Fawad's criticism of CMs.

LAHORE -- The Treasury is "a trust of the nation", Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar said Friday, responding to criticism by federal minister of science and technology, Fawad Chaudhry, earlier in the day.

"We have done away with the culture of showoffs' extravagant and reckless spending," Buzdar said. "We consider the government's Treasury a trust of the nation.

The chief minister added that the former governments had used the Treasury as something free but the incumbent leadership was more mindful and understood that the Treasury was entrusted to them.

"Unnecessary expenditures have been curtailed to a great extent," he added.

Earlier today, Chaudhry had said the chief ministers' discretion over funds was a violation of the...