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Arbab Rahim = Spendthrift

The News reported the spending culture of the two former chief ministers of sindh, both of whom belonged to PML-Q. The money they spent was used for buying luxury cars, personal aeroplanes, gifts and entertainment, most probably women from across the border.
Ali Muhammad Maher and Arbab Ghulam Rahim are both responsible for spending as much as Rs. 600,067,200 ($ 10,001,120) on their lavish lifestyles as chief ministers of Sindh.
Maher had spent Rs86,372,700 out of the Rs42,739,600 budget for 2003-04 and Rs121,183,900 out of the next allocated budget of Rs 50,480,600. Rahim, who replaced Maher, spent Rs155,896,900 out of Rs78,440,000 allocation for 2005-06; Rs175,484,400 out of Rs129,230,000 budget for 2006-07; and Rs61,192,300 in the remaining period of 2007-08 out of the allocated budget of Rs140,792,800.
According to sources, Arbab Rahim forced the Finance Department to purchase an aircraft for his travelling for which Rs600 million was allocated in the provincial budget. Besides, he purchased nine 1300cc cars, a van, a fully-loaded station wagon out of the budget, while Rs1.2 million was spent for a bullet-proof Mercedes and Rs12 million on fuel.
I think the next govt. should actually work to curtail these expenditures and also bring these two chief ministers to justics for wastinf public money on their lavish lifestyles.

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