Imran Khan wants audit of Pak defence budget to know where money is spent

Islamabad, June 4 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has called for auditing the defence budget of the country by bringing it in the knowledge of the elected government as to where it is spent.

Imran termed corruption "the biggest evil haunting the country", and felt that the menace had increased so massively that if not stopped, it would eat up the country. He again urged the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders to declare their assets.

Imran accused both the PPP and the PML-N of supporting the status quo and urged their leadership to bring back the money they had stashed in foreign accounts, to show they were sincere with the country.

Imran called the new federal budget a total fraud, opining whatever tax was collected would be paid in external debt servicing.

On devaluation of rupee, Imran said that it pushes up inflation, while the leaders whose money was 'preserved' in foreign accounts benefited from it. He said the people of the country would not pay taxes as "their leaderships" had not been paying taxes.

He pointed out that 61% of the parliamentarians in the sitting assemblies did not bother paying taxes. He vowed to collect taxes from the powerful segments of society and reduce expenditures by adopting austerity measures, after coming into power. (ANI)