ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is scheduled to attend a three-day summit of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to be held in Davos, Switzerland in January 2020.
In this regard, the Press Information Department (PID) has claimed that the three-day visit of Imran Khan along with his delegation has been estimated at around $68,000 only which was comparatively less costly from the previous visit for a delegation of prior governments.
The expenditure of the three-day visit to Davos is being reduced from the national exchequer. The total expense cost public funds $762,199 during the tenure of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) when former prime minister Nawaz Sharif attended the summit in 2017.
A delegation led former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi spent $561,381 separately, and $459,451 was spent during the tenure of Pakistan Peoples Party when former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani attend the summit in 2012.
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The PID statement has further stated that cutting down the expenditure was the prime minister’s orders. He has directed the authorities to further cut down expenses on his foreign trips.
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