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Pak PM Shahbaz Sharif had started working to control government expenditure during his previous tenure itself.

Pakistan, which is facing an economic crisis, does not have money left even for government work. Due to this, the government has decided to control government expenditure.

The cabinet of Pakistan has decided to merge and abolish more than 80 departments of 6 ministries. The number of departments will be reduced from 82 to 40.

Apart from this, the government has also decided to put a stop on unnecessary expenditure. This also includes cleaning related works inside government offices.

This means that from now on there will be no cleaning work in government offices in Pakistan.

Government recruitments may be banned
Pakistan’s Reform Committee has advised the government to put a stop to government recruitments. Apart from this, it has also recommended to abolish 1.5 lakh vacant posts in government jobs.

The government has formed a committee to investigate the impact on employees after the merger of departments.

Apart from this, a plan is being made to send the employees of the departments which have been abolished to the state government departments and other organizations. Also, the government has banned the purchase of new vehicles. However, the purchase of ambulances has been excluded from this.

Pakistan has repeatedly sought a relief package from the International Monetary Fund to overcome the economic crisis.

Decision to sell government companies also
Pakistan, which is facing economic crisis and tough conditions of IMF, had decided to sell all the government companies in May 2024. Pak PM Shahbaz Sharif had said, ‘It is not the job of the government to do business, the job of the government is to provide a good environment for business and investment in the country.’

Sharif had said that all government companies would be sold, whether they are making profits or not. According to media reports, the government will retain only those companies which are strategically important.

The Prime Minister had appealed to all the ministers to cooperate with the Privatisation Commission in easing the process. According to the December 2023 report of the Finance Ministry of Pakistan, Pakistan has 88 government companies.

PM Shahbaz Sharif meeting with Pakistan Privatisation Commission.

The government has already sold the airports and ports
Pakistan is making every possible effort to come out of the economic crisis. In this regard, Pakistan has sold not only government companies but also its ports and airports. Last year, Pakistan had decided to give Islamabad airport on contract. Former Aviation Minister Khawaja Saad Rafiq had given this information in the Parliament.

However, Saad Rafiq had said that giving it on contract does not mean that the government is selling the airport, rather this is being done to involve a good operator in the airport work.

Pakistan has also sold its largest Karachi port. Last year, Pakistan signed a concession agreement with UAE for its largest Karachi port. The Pakistan government finalised this deal at lightning speed in just 4 days.

This deal has been done for 50 years. Under this, two UAE companies will invest Rs 1.8 thousand crores in Karachi Port. It was believed that Pakistan had taken this decision to raise emergency funds. Karachi Port is one of the largest ports in South Asia. It is also the largest and busiest port of Pakistan.

This port is about 11.5 km long. There are a total of 33 berths here, including 30 dry cargo and 3 liquid cargo berths. Berth means the platform where the ship is parked.

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