Pakistan plans to ‘abolish’ five ministries including IT by July 30.
The Pakistani government is planning to abolish five ministries including the Ministries of Information Technology (IT), Industry and Production, Health, Kashmir Affairs, and States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON), by July 30, The Asian Mirror reported citing sources.
Meanwhile, the decision regarding the future of the employees of the abolished ministries is yet to made.
The government is considering various proposals to facilitate these employees.
The available options include golden handshake package for employees who are about to retire, absorption into other ministries, and inclusion in the surplus pool, sources added.
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The Institutional Reforms Cell, in collaboration with the relevant ministries, has made the proposals.
Sources maintained that the proposed packages will be presented to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for discussion.
The final decision will be taken after briefing Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on the issue, sources added.
In 2023, Pakistan’s exports were around $27 billion and the last plan presented by Gohar Ejaz in the interim government was to take this number to $100 billion within the next 5 years using textile sector.
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PM Shehbaz earlier decided to abolish five federal ministries and sought a plan from the relevant ministries.
They added that the relevant ministries started working on providing recommendations as directed by PM Shehbaz to abolish the same.
The sources further said that the decision to abolish the ministries was taken after Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari urged and demanded the government to abolish certain federal ministries.
In his maiden address to nation after assuming PM’s Office, he said that all such ministries and government departments are a burden on the country and its people and should be shut down.
