ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that the country cannot afford that the bureaucracy and the elite enjoying luxuries at the expenses paid in taxes by the poor as the federal cabinet greenlighted the continuation of austerity drive. “In view of the larger national interests, all ministries and institutions should take all possible decisions and initiatives that could save each penny of the nation,” the premier said while chairing a meeting of the federal cabinet. He said that steps were being taken, on a priority basis, to further improve…
Austerity measures: PM Shehbaz directs ministries to save ‘each penny’ of taxpayers
