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Rs25m abandoned properties: PM sets aside cabinet decision to favour blue-eyed boys

By Ansar Abbasi

ISLAMABAD, April 12: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has set aside cabinet's decision for the vacation of Rs250 million worth abandoned properties, occupied by some bureaucrats, apparently to favour his principal and political secretaries, it is learnt.

Government sources told Dawn that contrary to the cabinet's decision, which had asked for early disposal of this state land to pay back foreign debts, the premier had allowed the occupants of these properties to continue living there till their superannuation.