Opposition leaders lavished billions on themselves under security, camp office expenses: Murad Saeed

Minister for Communications and Postal Services Murad Saeed on Tuesday slammed the “kingly” spending of national wealth by past public office holders on the pretext of setting up camp offices, security arrangements and entertainment. Before he began discussing the figures, Saeed said that it was important to provide the context under which such lavish expenditures were made.“In Thar, as seen in the report submitted to the Supreme Court, each year, there are more than 500 children who are dying due to hunger and poverty. The health conditions are such in the chief minister’s constituency, that one is hard pressed to find an ambulance to carry the injured to a hospital when a blast occurs.“The availability of clean drinking water is an issue most prominent in Sindh and Punjab. Data from State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) shows that Sindh is the most poverty-stricken province followed by South Punjab,” he said as he set the stage to provide the contrast which followed. “We will begin with Yousuf Raza Gillani. He had five camp offices, three in Lahore and two in Multan and he spent Rs245 million on these.”“We then move on to Zardari, who has proved very bhari (costly) for the nation. His two camp offices — one in Larkana where he has a house, and one in Naudero — as well as his security arrangements resulted in the wastage of over Rs3.164 billion of tax payers’ money over 2013-2018 when he was not even president of the country.”…………..