Cabinet rejects weekly 2 days off in Pakistan
December 16, 2009 by Trend PK
Filed under Pakistan News
ISLAMABAD, : The federal cabinet meeting rejected the proposal of two weekly holidays on Wednesday.
The meeting was being chaired by the Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani. The meeting also decided to minimize the expenditures of the government. The foreign visits of President and Prime Minister would be reduced by 40 percent.
The foreign visits of the ministers would also be reduced by 30 percent. President and Prime Minister would only use seven vehicles in their cavalcade. Governors and Chief Ministers would use only six vehicles in their motorcade.
The facility for the ministers to perform Hajj on the governmnent expenses would be no more. The federal ministers could only use 1800 cc cars and the provincial ministers could only use 1600 cc cars.
