ISLAMABAD (October 08 2005): The government has decided to provide a special plane to Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri for travels abroad in view of his hectic top level diplomatic engagements in a fast evolving international situation, it is learnt.
The Foreign Minister would be the third high government functionary after the President and Prime Minister to have a special plane for travels abroad.
Sources said that sometimes the government had to charter an aircraft for the Foreign Minister to travel from one place to another to attend international moots as no other mode of travel was available or feasible.
Sources said that Pakistan needs fast mobility of its top diplomat to protect and promote national interests. http://brecorder.com/index.php?id=337580&currPageNo=3&query=&search=&term=&supDate=
I think the money could have been spent somewhere. Next thing we know, our finance minister sahib will also require a personal plane to keep up with the financial world…
Other ministers can share a plane but the foreign minister needs to go out of the country and meet other foreign dignitaries often. Others can use the local planes back and forth from Karachi to Peshawar I guess.
These decisions, I am sure are not made lightly. Although we always thinks money could have been spent in a better places, economics (although I dnt like the subject much) teaches that you cannot always distribute money to where it is needed most. It has to be divided up so that all aspects of society and country remain alive.
Foreign ministers of much richer countries don't have their own plane, even Tony Blair, PM of one of the worlds richest nations doesn't have his own plane, he charters British Airways planes most of the time
yet 3rd world Pakistan wants a Lear jet?! Typical :(
What else does he need, a government paid mansion as well, where the minister sahib can think about what sort of diplomatic relationship we ought to have with different countries. Lets not forget, we aint UAE, Kuwait or Saudi Arabia with oil money, we are a developing country. The money can be spent on other issues which require immediate attention like health care issues in rural areas…
well.. its pretty sad that our ministers who do jack ass worth of work.. and get the treatment of royals..
bt the foreign minister and pm of our country are doin a lot.. bt increasing all these expenditures doesnt do any btter.. it just shows how greedy the ppl are..
i mean look at our local ministers.. dey fukin block the whole area wen they leavein.. its like who the fuk are u guys... i fink we shud shoot all our ministers in the parliament.. and start fresh from new graduates.. or sum education ppl or ppl who actually know what htey are doin..