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Saturday, April 03, 2010
Nawaz’s personal staff on Punjab govt’s payrollLAHORE: The government of Punjab has been paying the salaries of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif’s personal staff members, a private TV channel reported on Friday. The channel revealed in its report that the staff members who were being paid by the Punjab government included the PML-N chief’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) Rai Riaz, his secretary, the cameraman and the photographer.
The salary of the PML-N chief’s PRO and personal secretary is said to be Rs 75,000 each, while his photographer and cameraman are being paid Rs 35,000 each, the channel reported. Nawaz’s PRO is also working as a consultant at the Directorate General of Public Relations (DGPR). Later on the same channel, Senator Pervaiz Rasheed denied the news, saying that the personal staff of the PML-N chief was not being paid from the provincial exchequer. “None of them are part of Nawaz Sharif’s personal team and they are employees of the DGPR,” Rasheed said. “I am the personal PRO of Nawaz Sharif,” he added. daily times monitor
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk