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Cabinet Meeting: Nawaz Sharif’s foreign visit as PM cost exchequer Rs. 1.8b!

ISLAMABAD: PM Imran Khan has discussed socio-political and economic issues with members of Federal Cabinet here today.

Shafqat Mehmood  (Federal Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training, and Federal Minister for National History and Literary Heritage) while briefing the Media about the meeting told that Nawaz Sharif during his time of premiership remained out of country for 262 days.

According to Shafqat Mehmood  the deposed PM had spent 1.84 billion rupees on his foreign visits.

Nawaz Sharif visited London 24 times and spent 223.9 million rupees on these trips. He visited Saudi Arabia 17 times costing 120 million rupees to the treasury.

Information Ashiq Awan took to the Twitter to condemn the way huge amount of money was spent on foreign trips: 

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.