Sharif brothers to pay for their security cover

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pauses during a joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, not pictured, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Afghanistan's president urged neighboring Pakistan to facilitate peace talks with the Taliban during a visit to Islamabad on Monday, but expectations were low in both countries that much progress would be made in jumpstarting negotiations. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif have decided to shell out 140 million (approximately Rs. 90 million) for a security wall around their family estate in Raiwind.

Both have been facing some flak for extensive deployment of security cover. Spokesperson for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Asim Khan Nyazee said the estate also functioned as a camp office and the practice hd been that the government provided security for the Prime Minister.

However, the decision to pay for the security wall was taken so as not to put a burden on the finances of the state, Mr. Nyazee said.