ISLAMABAD: A hefty increase has been registered in the estimated expenditure of the President House and the Prime Minister Secretariat in the Pakistan budget for new financial year 2010-11, which begins next month, despite the fact that the government proposed cuts in subsidies and levied additional taxes in the budget announced over the weekend.
The estimated expenditure of the Presidency has increased by 14 percent and that of the Prime Minister Secretariat by 13 percent. An amount of Rs931m has been allocated for the two houses compared to Rs818m earmarked for 2009-10.
The President House has been allocated Rs447m for the new fiscal year against the current year
