Sentence examples for millions of rupees from inspiring English sources

The revenue for all this is widely believed to have come from bribes; Zardari became known as "Mr. 10 Percent". He came to be seen as well as something of a thug: among the notorious tales from that time that Pakistanis love repeating to one another was one from 1990, when Zardari supposedly strapped a bomb to a man's leg and forced him to withdraw millions of rupees from his bank account.

A ground water conservation scheme that cost the government millions of rupees was expected to yield results.

"Since the blockade was enforced, we have 3,000 tankers stranded across Pakistan". "The blockade itself has cost us tens of millions of rupees in losses.

While I watch him at work, a jogger stops by to tell him how wonderful his work is, and Mr Katnam tells him to spread the message: "If an old man can do it, so can you". He is bitter that no state politician has taken up his suggestion to fix potholes and says that it will not just save lives, but also save authorities hundreds of millions of rupees in medical costs.

During such epidemics, millions of trees may be killed, the losses totaling millions of rupees annually.

Thousands of ghost teachers draw salaries from these schools, draining millions of rupees per month from government coffers.

("Crorepati" means someone who has a crore--ten million--of rupees). Its success signaled a game changer: Having opened itself to the world in 1991, the country and its citizens were fast breaking away from their socialist past.

I won thousands of rupees.

It can take tens of thousands of rupees to wrangle municipal approvals for building plans.

Mr. Abid said that the shrine attendants were clearing "hundreds of thousands of rupees a month" selling good-luck charms.

Businessmen and politicians channel billions of rupees through Dubai back to Pakistan, no questions asked.