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Useless president

Published on: April 17, 2018 2:30 AM

Sir: According to the allocated budget for the office of the President for the year 2016-17, the annual expenditures of the President House were to the tune of Rs863 m.

This useless ceremonial post is costing the tax payers millions of rupees for no reason except to watch the President not more than thrice every year with nothing substantial to contribute. Abolishing this post for good will be a great service for the people of Pakistan

DR IRFAN ZAFAR

Canada

Published in Daily Times, April 17th 2018.

Filed Under: Letters

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