Former president of Pakistan General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf’s government spent more than Rs 88 million on the Kalpar tribe (opponents of Nawab Akbar Bugti) from Bait-ul Maal during 2003-2006 to settle them in Punjab.
This information was given to the Public Accounts Committee Tuesday during the audit of the Pakistan Bait-ul Maal. Ms Yasmeen Rehman chaired the panel’s meeting in the absence of chairman PAC Nadeem Afzal Gondal.
Mir Ahmadan Bugti, the head of anti-Bugti tribe was also given Rs 300 for three years. According to the details given to the PAC, Rs 5.611 million were spent for the purpose in 2003-04, Rs 20.917 million in 2004-05 and Rs 23.180 in 2005-06 million from the Bait-ul Maal funds.
On this Khawaja Asif remarked that to kill the genuine Bugti, fake Bugtis were funded. Ms Yasmeen Rehman said it was tragic that Bait-ul Maal funds to kill Nawab Akbar Bugti.The PAC on Tuesday also took up audit of the accounts of Presidency and the Prime Minister’s Secretariat for the year 2004-05.
The PAC was informed that during 2004-05 Rs 8.7 million were spent on the repair of Mercedes Benz car of a former prime minister. The cost of a new Mercedes car was Rs 50 million and so instead of purchasing a new car, Rs 8.7 million were spent on the repair of the damaged car for which spare parts were imported from Germany.
