ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has admitted to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s use of government-owned helicopters for 74 hours. According to Geo News, not only Imran but others in his political circle had also been using the helicopters – these include Awn Chaudhry and Abrar-ul-Haq. The helicopters were in the PTI chief’s use despite the law suggesting hat even ministers cannot bring them to their use, sources said.
The sources quoted the aviation laws and said it was a crime for political leaders to use government-owned helicopters even for political purposes. Besides the party chief and his friends, the helicopters have also been used by KP Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak, who used the aircraft to go to the wedding of KP Minister for Higher Education Mushtaq Ghani’s relative, sources added.
However, a handout issued by the KP government a day earlier stated that the PTI-led government in the province had not used the helicopters for any purpose “other than official business of the government”.
“Imran Khan has never used any of the official helicopters and/or for his private or personal use, so the question of hiring a heli at commercial rates does not arise,” the handout reads. “A government helicopter anyway is never given for private use.” It adds that the trips mentioned in a section of the media were all official visits.
On January 29, Geo News reported that the KP government spent millions of rupees on Imran's use of the provincial government's helicopters. The PTI chairman also said that he welcomed the examining of the issue by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). He expressed hope that the accountability body would also look into the "abuse of official planes, helicopters etc by Zardaris and Sharifs".
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