Austerity Measures: Refreshments Banned In Official Meetings

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Austerity measures: Refreshments banned in official meetings

A notification to ban the entertainment and gift fund in the government institutions has been issued by the Finance Ministry.

Lahore (Pakistan Point News – 31st January, 2019) The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has banned all the refreshments given in government offices, federal ministries, divisions and their subordinate departments.

The tea, biscuit, meals and any other refreshment given at these government offices from the national exchequer has been banned.

According to details, the federal government has decided to suspend the funds allocated to these refreshments in the fiscal budget.

A notification to ban the entertainment and gift fund in the government institutions has also been issued by the Finance Ministry.

The notification directed the government offices not to send such bills to the Accountant General Pakistan Revenues (AGPR) in February.

If any ministry or office sends such a bill to the finance department, it will not be approved.

The incumbent government is fully committed to adopting austerity by avoiding unnecessary expenditures for saving government money.

The resources saved by austerity measures are to be spent on welfare of the masses.

The Federal Cabinet has also directed the ministries to continue austerity measures and cut expenditures by 10 per cent as checking the government expenditure is crucial to overcome fiscal deficit.

Mahnoor Sheikh

The writer is News Editor, Pakistan Point. She has graduated in Mass Communication and has worked in various media houses