ISLAMABAD – A citizen from Islamabad bought one of the buffaloes put up for auction by the prime minister house on Thursday at an exorbitant price.
Qalab Abbas, who belongs to the Jhangi Syedan area of the capital, successfully won the bid at Rs 3,85,000 to purchase the buffalo and when asked why he splashed so much money for the purchase, the bidder came up with an interesting reason.
‘I have purchased the buffalo at this price as a memorial of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif,’ said Abbas.
As many as 8 Nili-Ravi buffaloes were put up for auction by the PM House as part of the austerity drive promised by the incumbent premier Imran Khan.
Two more buffaloes were handed over to the successful bidders for price Rs 3,00,000 and Rs 3,30,000 respectively; interestingly, all three of the bidders are Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz loyalists.
Another buyer Haji Imdad Ali told private media that he had bought the buffaloe out of affection for his leader Nawaz Sharif.
I will keep these animals at my farmhouse and then gift it to Nawaz Sharif, he said.
The auctioning is being carried out in the PM House and the money collected through the process would be deposited in the national exchequer.
The auctioning of buffaloes comes on the heels of auctioning of ultra-luxury vehicles of the PM House that were handed over to the successful bidders on September 17th. As much as Rs 200 million was reportedly raised in the first phase.
