State Minister for Communications Murad Saeed on Tuesday said, following the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan, money obtained from auction of vehicles will be spent on public welfare schemes. In the first phase, 76 vehicles of National Highway Authority (NHA) are put on auction. PM Imran Khan has fulfilled his commitment for termination of protocol culture. He was talking to media men on occasion of auction of vehicles of NHA. The senior officers from Ministry of Communications & NHA were also present. Murad Saeed said pragmatic steps are underway to eliminate corruption in the country and corrupt practices will be uprooted in the Ministry of Communications and its attached department on every level. The individuals involved in money laundering will have to face accountability. He further said Imran Khan is drawing attention towards solving public issues and the plan for construction of 5,000,000 homes is a step forward towards public welfare schemes. He hoped that duration of hard time would soon come to an end. Spending of public money on public is real democracy, he added. NHA has also scheduled auction of vehicles in its offices of Abbottabad, Lahore, Multan, Sukkur, Karachi, Quetta and Gilgit. NHA vehicles at Peshawar will be auctioned today (Wednesday). Published in Daily Times, October 17th 2018.