Taxpayers have paid over Rs 927 million on Parliament’s renovation

The Interior Ministry on Thursday revealed that over Rs 927 million have been spent on the makeover of the National Parliament infrastructure over the past five years, ARY News reported.

According to the report, the interior ministry said that Rs 108 million was spent on renovation in 2019-20.

Over Rs 171 million in 2020-21, Rs 286 million in 2021-22, Rs 302 million in 2022-23, and Rs 60 million was spent on the renovation in 2023-24.

The National Parliament is made up of the Senate (Upper House) and the National Assembly (Lower House).

Last year, ex-Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani also constituted a parliamentary committee to rename the building to something that aligns with Pakistan’s cultural heritage.