Pakistan Top Minister Shehbaz Sharif might be travelling to Saudi Arabia on a business flight at his personal expense, the federal government mentioned on Tuesday, refuting allegations that he’s taking with him a large entourage, together with his 16 members of the family, on state bills.
Minister for Knowledge and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb, responding to allegations by way of leaders of former premier Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) about the price of the excursion, criticised them for spreading “lies” about high minister Sharif’s maiden commute to Saudi Arabia.
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“Opposite to lies being propagated by way of the PTI, the Top Minister might be travelling to Saudi Arabia later this week on a business flight at his personal expense,” the minister tweeted. “Even all over his 10 years as CM Punjab all over 2008-18, he at all times travelled commercially and at his personal expense,” she added.
The Top Minister is leaving for Saudi Arabia on his maiden professional in another country commute to Saudi Arabia on Thursday the place he’s scheduled to carry talks with the Saudi management. At the sidelines of the consult with, Shehbaz would additionally consult with Mecca to accomplish Umrah pilgrimage. Shehbaz, 70, was once sworn in as Pakistan’s twenty third high minister on April 11 after his predecessor Imran Khan was once ousted in a no-confidence vote.
In step with reviews, round 40 other folks will accompany the high minister at the professional consult with. They incorporated 16 members of the family, a few of them will sign up for the high minister from the UK and Dubai.
Aurangzeb mentioned that the high minister was once happening a business flight and all individuals of his entourage could be on their very own expense. PTI chief Fawad Chaudhry alleged in a remark that the high minister is sporting a heavy entourage on state bills.
Rejecting the allegations, the ideas minister urged Chaudhry to not make “baseless statements in opposition to newshounds as no media particular person was once going to Saudi Arabia on the state’s expense.”
Aurangzeb went on to mention that the “faux information was once the hallmark of the previous data minister”.
She mentioned that the media used to offer outstanding protection to former high minister Imran Khan when he was once within the Opposition, however after coming to energy he centered and victimised them. “Now after being thrown out of energy in a disgraceful approach, the PTI management is maligning the media,” she mentioned.
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