Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, who has been restricted to his private residence and office for security reasons for the last few weeks, is to move to his official residence at 7 Club Road, GOR-I, The Express Tribune has learnt.
Sharif is currently living at his private home at 96-H, Model Town, and uses a house at 180-H as his office, mainly for holding meetings. There are over 100 policemen of the Special Branch on security duty around the clock in and around these two locations.
A senior police official deployed with the chief minister said that his movement had been restricted to his home and office for security reasons since the killing of Hakeemullah Mehsud in a US drone strike.
The residence at 7 Club Road has been undergoing renovation for the last couple of weeks in preparation for the chief minister’s shifting, said an official familiar with the development.
Offices for secretaries, special secretaries and additional secretaries were shifted from 7 Club Road next door to 8 Club Road about 15 days ago, he said. The residence is being whitewashed and the administration recently purchased furniture including a bed.
All Chief Minister’s Secretariat offices have also been moved from 1 Club Road and 3, and some of them from 5 Club Road, to 8 Club Road.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 1st, 2013.