Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said that he will not stay at the Prime Minister residence, he will stay at the military secretary’s three-bedroom house in Islamabad.
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Khan said that to take austerity measures, he needs to cut down his own expenses and demands as well as the country’s expenditure. He was earlier planning to stay at his house only, but the security agencies said that he will not be safe there which is why he is living in the military secretary’s house.
He said that the Prime Minister house has 524 servants and 80 cars. “The prime minister, which is me, also has 33 bulletproof cars. We have helicopters and aeroplanes to fly us. We have massive governor houses and every conceivable luxury.
“On one hand we don’t have money to spend on our people; on the other hand, we have a section of our people living like our colonial masters used to live. Look at how we live. Look at how much money is spent by prime ministers on foreign tours? Where do these people spend Rs 650 million? Where does the speaker spend the Rs 160 million budget allotted to him? Are they going abroad to conquer land?” Khan said.
He gave a full detailed plan on how he is going to cut down the expenses, to which he said “I will keep two people with me out of the 524. I will be staying in a three-bedroom house. I will have to keep two of the cars because my intelligence agencies tell me my life is under threat. I wish I did not have to move out of Banigala, but I have been forced to do so.”
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Khan said that the two out of 80 cars will be his and the ones which are left will be auctioned and the businessman can buy them.