LAHORE JUNE 22 : The Punjab government claimed on Monday to have raked in a huge sum of over Rs750 million by auctioning non-operational vehicles, machinery, and furniture that lay idle on the premises of various government offices.

Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar in a statement today said the provincial government generated Rs750 million funds without using any public money.

“This step of ours is a remarkable example of cleaning offices and making the system transparent,” he said.

CM Usman Buzdar said there was a paucity of space for staff and visitors in government offices as most of the space was occupied by useless things.

“We are trustees of hard-earned public money”, he said, lamenting the government’s coffers were looted mercilessly in the past.