ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq has banned unnecessary foreign trips and food on official expenses.
Sources told Aaj Ki Aawaz News that the ban will apply to parliamentary delegations and assembly officers, with minimum duration and short delegations being allowed.
Sources also said that the Speaker National Assembly also banned refreshments at government expense and issued instructions not to hold any meeting during dinner and lunch time.
Earlier, the chairmen of the standing committees had complained to Speaker Ayaz Sadiq that the vehicles already provided were old and inoperable, on which he issued instructions to repair all the vehicles and after the repairs, these vehicles were handed over to the chairmen.
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The chairmen kept demanding to provide new vehicles but Ayaz Sadiq refused.
He replied to the chairmen that the car with him is of 2015 model while the cars given to the chairmen are of 2017 and 2019 model.
The speaker was of the opinion that there are not enough funds to buy new vehicles, there is a ban on the purchase of new vehicles by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the Ministry of Finance also refused to provide funds for new vehicles.