Zardari's foreign visits cost whopping 157.257 million
Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari's nine foreign visits since September 2008 have cost a whopping 157.257 million rupees to the national exchequer, the National Assembly (NA) was told.
The expenditures included special remittances and daily allowances of the 246 staff, chartered flight charges and gifts to the visited countries, the Daily Times reports.
Since he became President, Zardari has visited the UK, the US, the UAE, China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Afghanistan.
Also on Thursday, the House was informed that the official delegation of Pakistan to the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly, comprising 53 members, cost 68,269,611 rupees to the Pakistan Government.
The expenditures included special remittances and daily allowances of the 246 staff, chartered flight charges and gifts to the visited countries, the Daily Times reports.
Since he became President, Zardari has visited the UK, the US, the UAE, China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Afghanistan.
Also on Thursday, the House was informed that the official delegation of Pakistan to the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly, comprising 53 members, cost 68,269,611 rupees to the Pakistan Government.
posted by temporal at 3/14/2009
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