Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday announced a host of austerity measures to conserve fuel in view of the global fuel crisis triggered by the US-Israel war on Iran.
Austerity measures
50pc cut in fuel allowance for official vehicles, with the exemption of ambulances and public buses, for the next two months
with the exemption of ambulances and public buses, for the next two months The use of 60pc vehicles being employed by government departments will be stopped for the next two months
The federal cabinet will forgo salaries for the next two months
for the next two months Parliamentarians’ salaries to see a 25pc cut
Two days’ salary of BS-20 government officials, who earn more than Rs300,000, will be deducted
Expenses of government departments to be reduced by 20pc
50pc staff to work from home in both public and private sector and workplaces will open four days a week , but agriculture, industrial and banking sectors, as well as those providing essential services, are exempted
in both public and private sector and , but agriculture, industrial and banking sectors, as well as those providing essential services, are exempted All higher educational institutions to b
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