Ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan’s helicopter ride only Rs. 100 crores have been reported to have been spent.
Like Sri Lanka, which faced economic crisis, another neighboring country, Pakistan, is also facing the same problem. Neighboring Pakistan is facing a severe economic crisis due to problems including debt, petroleum costs and dwindling foreign exchange reserves. This has resulted in shortage of electricity and cooking gas in Pakistan. Also the price of essential food items has increased.
In this situation, the Election Commission has announced that by-elections for a total of 33 parliamentary constituencies in Pakistan will be held on March 16. It has been announced that former Prime Minister Imran Khan will contest on behalf of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party in all these 33 constituencies. Regarding this, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the party’s vice president and former foreign minister, said, “Imran Khan will be the only candidate of our party in all constituencies.”
On the one hand, on the other hand, when Imran Khan was the Prime Minister, it has been reported that his helicopter travel cost the government Rs.1 billion. According to reports, this information has been revealed in the investigation of his helicopter journey. According to the sources, about 1 billion rupees have been spent on Imran Khan VVIP helicopter flights during the trips from 2019 to 2021 on the orders of the Prime Minister’s Office of Pakistan.
Earlier, from 2019 to March 2022, Imran Khan used these official helicopters to travel from his Bani Kala residence in Islamabad to the Prime Minister’s Office for 1,579.8 hours, the statement added. The report also stated that he also illegally sold the goods he received as gifts from foreign dignitaries without the knowledge of the government.
At a time when Pakistan is facing an economic crisis and by-elections have been announced, the release of such information is said to be causing a headache for Imran Khan’s side. At the same time, it is noteworthy that the news went viral in August 2018 that ‘to cover the distance of 15 km between his home and office, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is traveling by helicopter every day’.