Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: The spokesperson of the Prime Minister House has rejected the reports regarding the increase in the premier’s salary. The spokesperson said there is no truth in the reports about the hike of the premier’s salary as PM Imran Khan is running a country-wide austerity campaign for reducing the government’s expenses. The spokesman reiterated the call for a country-wide austerity drive being supervised by PM Imran Khan. An amendment was approved in the recent federal cabinet’s session related to the perks of the president and prime minister which permitted the top political personalities to declare only one resident as their camp office, the spokesperson clarified. The spokesperson added that PM Imran Khan issued directives to set a limit for expenses in camp officers in view of reducing the burden on the national treasury, It is pertinent to mention here that as part of its austerity drive, Pakistan Tehreeke- Insaf (PTI) led government had decided on January 27 to abolish the discretionary powers of the president and the prime minister of holding camp offices. Sources said that the government is all set to bring a constitutional amendment to curtail the powers of the president and the prime minister of holding camp offices.
