ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Information and Broadcasting Murtaza Solangi informed the Senate on Friday that no former federal ministers, ministers of state, special assistants or advisors to the prime minister have taken official cars with themselves.
Replying to various supplementary queries during Question Hour in the Senate, the minister said that the cabinet division had utilized the said vehicles.
The minister also clarified that he and other incumbent caretaker ministers had 1800cc cars. As per rule 24 of the Rules for Use of Staff Cars 1980, Federal Ministers, Ministers of State, Advisors, Special Assistants to the Prime Minister with the status of Minister or Minister of State were entitled to use 1800cc cars to be provided by the respective ministry.
Car policy
However, Solangi said that in case of non-availability of the suitable entitled vehicle with the ministry concerned, the Cabinet Division provides the cars from its pool for the use of Federal Ministers and Ministers of State.
In response to a query raised by Senator Bahramand Khan Tangi, Solangi said that currently, serving Officers in BS-20 to 22 of the Federal Government were not entitled to have any official/personal staff at their residences.
He said that the government would carry out an exercise to receive information from the concerned departments and in case of any violation and a report would be presented before the house.
He said complete details of grade 21 and 22 officers belonging to Balochistan province would also be placed before the House.
To a separate question, the misiter apprised the house that no separate funds were alocated for PWD Colony, G-8/4 (152 Cat-V flats), and funds reserved only in residential buildings in routine maintenance work. However, no funds utilized for PWD Colony G-8/4 (152 Cat-V flats) for the last 2 years.
