ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's new executive has banned the discretionary use of state price range and first class air trip by officers and leaders, together with the president and the high minister, as part of its austerity force.
The decisions have been made at a Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan the day gone by, in line with Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry.
"It has been decided that all the top government officials, including the president, prime minister, chief justice, senate chairman, speaker national assembly and the chief ministers will travel in club/business," he informed media.
To a query, Chaudhry mentioned that the Army chief used to be no longer allowed first-class trip and at all times used industry class.
He mentioned that the discretionary allocation of price range by the high minister and the president and different officers used to be additionally stopped by the Cabinet.
Chaudhry claimed that former high minister Nawaz Sharif used Rs 51 billion discretionary price range in a 12 months.
The high minister additionally decided to forestall the usage of particular airplane for foreign visits or home travelling and use industry class.
After his victory in the July 25 common election, Khan decided to not use palatial Prime Minister House and instead live in a small portion of it that used to be prior to now used as the residence by the army secretary to the high minister.
Khan additionally decided to make use of simplest two vehicles and keep two servants. He refused to make use of elaborate authentic protocol.
The Cabinet took up a bunch of problems, together with reverting to six-day operating week, but decided to proceed five-day operating after some ministers hostile the speculation as a result of it'll alienate executive servants.
The five-day operating used to be instituted in 2011 due to power shortages and save fuels. The Cabinet used to be briefed that five-day operating had no longer affected the performance or output by the civil servants.
While maintaining two weekly off-days, the Cabinet changed the authentic office timings from 8-4 pm to 9-5 pm.
The meeting additionally decided to conduct audit of all of the mega shipping projects carried out in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by the former governments.
The decisions have been made at a Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan the day gone by, in line with Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry.
"It has been decided that all the top government officials, including the president, prime minister, chief justice, senate chairman, speaker national assembly and the chief ministers will travel in club/business," he informed media.
To a query, Chaudhry mentioned that the Army chief used to be no longer allowed first-class trip and at all times used industry class.
He mentioned that the discretionary allocation of price range by the high minister and the president and different officers used to be additionally stopped by the Cabinet.
Chaudhry claimed that former high minister Nawaz Sharif used Rs 51 billion discretionary price range in a 12 months.
The high minister additionally decided to forestall the usage of particular airplane for foreign visits or home travelling and use industry class.
After his victory in the July 25 common election, Khan decided to not use palatial Prime Minister House and instead live in a small portion of it that used to be prior to now used as the residence by the army secretary to the high minister.
Khan additionally decided to make use of simplest two vehicles and keep two servants. He refused to make use of elaborate authentic protocol.
The Cabinet took up a bunch of problems, together with reverting to six-day operating week, but decided to proceed five-day operating after some ministers hostile the speculation as a result of it'll alienate executive servants.
The five-day operating used to be instituted in 2011 due to power shortages and save fuels. The Cabinet used to be briefed that five-day operating had no longer affected the performance or output by the civil servants.
While maintaining two weekly off-days, the Cabinet changed the authentic office timings from 8-4 pm to 9-5 pm.
The meeting additionally decided to conduct audit of all of the mega shipping projects carried out in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by the former governments.
Imran Khan's cabinet bans first-class air travel for top officials
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