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Cabinet to grant two weekly holidays tomorrow
http://geo.tv/11-3-2009/52326.htm
Updated at: 1840 PST, Tuesday, November 03, 2009
ISLAMABAD: A proposal regarding two weekly holidays in the government offices and the industrial sector has been hammered out in the meeting of a Committee to recommend austerity measures.
The federal cabinet will grant final approval for these measures in tomorrows session. Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin presided over the meeting of the Austerity Committee.
NWFP province and Punjab also gave their consent to the proposal of two weekly holidays in the wake of Sindh and Balochistan during the meeting.
The drafted proposals said that travel expenditures for the members of the Parliament should be curtailed by 70 percent.
The 50 percent cut has been suggested in the limit of fuel and vehicles used for convoys of ministers and chief ministers.
http://geo.tv/11-3-2009/52326.htm
Updated at: 1840 PST, Tuesday, November 03, 2009
ISLAMABAD: A proposal regarding two weekly holidays in the government offices and the industrial sector has been hammered out in the meeting of a Committee to recommend austerity measures.
The federal cabinet will grant final approval for these measures in tomorrows session. Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin presided over the meeting of the Austerity Committee.
NWFP province and Punjab also gave their consent to the proposal of two weekly holidays in the wake of Sindh and Balochistan during the meeting.
The drafted proposals said that travel expenditures for the members of the Parliament should be curtailed by 70 percent.
The 50 percent cut has been suggested in the limit of fuel and vehicles used for convoys of ministers and chief ministers.