Islamabad, February 22, 2023 (PPI-OT):Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says austerity is the topmost priority of the government and its implementation will begin from the highest offices. Addressing a meeting of federal cabinet in Islamabad today, he said firstly the government officials and cabinet members will adopt austerity measures and then the bureaucratic machinery will follow the suit.

The Prime Minister said under this national vision, the government has been working on a plan for last two weeks and today a proper implementation framework will be finalized towards this end. He said the government is making honest efforts to put the country’s economy on right track.

Referring to the natural calamities of earthquake in 2005 and floods last year, Shehbaz Sharif said it was the poor class of the country that suffered the most. He said now it is the turn of affluent class to show that they will save every penny of the national exchequer and use it for people’s welfare.

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