Daily Times

Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood said on Thursday that the Prime Minister’s House would be converted into a high-quality postgraduate institute.

Addressing a press conference regarding the new government’s plans for state-owned properties, the minister announced that additional construction would also be carried out on the land behind the residence meant for the premier.

“Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided that he will not stay in the PM’s House and governors will not stay in the official residences meant for them to cut down costs,” he added.

According to the education minister, the annual expenditure of PM’s House was Rs 470 million.

Therefore, it has been decided that the PM’s House will be turned into a top-level educational instate, Mehmood said.

Speaking about reconstruction of other official buildings, Mehmood said Governor House in Lahore would be used as a museum and art gallery, while park on the premises would be opened for public.

The Punjab House in Murree will be turned into a tourist complex, while the Governor House in Karachi and the one in Balochistan would be used as museums, he concluded.

Published in Daily Times, September 14^th 2018.