The federal government has submitted figures to the National Assembly detailing the amount spent to manage demonstrations in the federal capital, with more than 1.35 billion rupees engaged in these expenses in the past five years.
In a written response to the National Assembly, the Federal Minister of the Interior Mohin Naqvi underlined the costs associated with manipulation demonstrations. Total expenditure in the past five years has exceeded 1.35 billion rupees.
During the year 2020-2021, the government spent more than 96 million rupees in protest management.
The following year, in 2021-2022, the costs increased to Rs 277.9 million, while in 2022-2023, the government allocated 724 million rupees for the management of protests in Islamabad.
For the year 2023-2024, expenses were recorded at 100 million rupees.
