Dar urges sustained effort to meet government austerity goals
The committee reviewed earlier austerity decisions and stressed cutting avoidable spending and improving administrative efficiency across ministries and divisions.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar called for sustained follow-through and close coordination to achieve the goals of the government's austerity drive at a meeting in Islamabad on Friday, the state broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported.
Dar chaired a session of the Committee for Monitoring and Implementation of Conservation and Additional Austerity Measures.
The committee reviewed the ongoing implementation of earlier decisions and the follow-up on them, with a focus on managing expenditure and conserving resources across federal ministries and divisions.
Dar urged continued efforts to reduce avoidable expenditure and improve administrative efficiency, saying all concerned institutions share responsibility for turning these measures into lasting savings.
The meeting was attended by Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication, Special Assistant to Prime Minister Tariq Bajwa, secretaries of the Cabinet, Law and Justice, Information and Broadcasting, and Federal Education and Professional Training, according to the report, along with senior representatives from all provinces, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan and other concerned ministries.
The austerity drive is part of the government's wider effort to control public spending and make better use of state resources.
Its success depends on departments carrying out earlier decisions, which is why the committee tracks implementation across ministries rather than only setting targets.
