{"id":31321,"date":"2018-09-18T01:10:26","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T15:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=31321"},"modified":"2018-09-18T01:10:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T15:10:26","slug":"ahsan-iqbal-criticises-government-luxury-car-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ahsan-iqbal-criticises-government-luxury-car-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahsan Iqbal criticises government, luxury car auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD : Leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Ahsan Iqbal has criticised the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government and said the country will not be able to sustain itself by \u201cauctioning cars and opening governor houses\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReports are coming in that the government is trying to shoot itself in the foot with the development budget,\u201d said Iqbal while addressing the media outside the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that 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