LAHORE: It’s quite ironic that amidst the talk of austerity measures being touted these days by the government in the wake of rising POL and electricity prices and skyrocketing inflation, there is also a demand on the part of some ministers who want expensive official vehicles for their use. In one such example, Punjab Minister Ataullah Tarar returned his official vehicle with a request to the government to provide him a bullet-proof car. He said that he had threats to his life, that’s why he needed a bullet-proof vehicle. Likewise, another Punjab Minister Rana Muhammad Iqbal also refused to sit in an old official car. His son wrote a letter to the S&GAD requesting the department to provide his father a new official vehicle. It is pertinent to mention here that the S&GDA has provided old vehicles to all ministers. DNA
