The Cabinet Division has presented the details of bulletproof and VIP vehicles used by senior officials with the approval of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the Senate.
The Cabinet Division informed that 14 high officials have been using VIP bulletproof vehicles including the speaker National Assembly, Chairman Senate and Chief Election Commissioner.
Atta Tarar, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Imran Khan, Deputy Speaker of National Assembly Zahid Akram Durrani, Chairman of Public Accounts Committee Noor Alam Khan and Secretary of Interior also have VIP bulletproof vehicles.
Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja and Supreme Court’s Justice Mazahar Naqvi have also been provided with VIP bulletproof vehicles.
Maulana Asad Mahmood, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Murtaza Javed Abbasi, Rana Tanveer Hussain, Rana Sanaullah, Shah Zain Bugti, Agha Hassan and Sajid Toori also have been using VIP bulletproof vehicles.
Federal ministers Israr Tareen, Agha Hassan, Ahsan Iqbal, Abdul Qadir Patel, Khawaja, Tariq Bashir Cheema, Saad Rafique, Azam Nazir Tarar, Shahzain Bugti and Abdul Wasay also have VIP vehicles under their use. Leader of the Opposition Raja Riaz and former Yousuf Raza Gillani was also using the vehicles while Prime Minister’s Advisor Ahad Cheema’s name was also included in the list.
In the written reply from the Cabinet Division to Senate, it was informed that 54 VIP bulletproof vehicles were also used to perform protocol duties with foreign delegations.
Details of repair of VIP and bulletproof vehicles and petrol expenses in the last two years were also presented in the Senate by the Cabinet Division. It was informed that Rs63.9 million was spent on the repair of VIP vehicles and Rs12.8 million in terms of fuel for the vehicles.
