DPM Vows to Implement Prime Minister’s Austerity Measures

Islamabad: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar chaired the 5th meeting of the Steering Committee on Fuel Subsidy and Austerity. The committee reviewed progress on the fuel subsidy initiative and assessed the implementation of the Prime Minister’s austerity measures. The Deputy Prime Minister reaffirmed the government’s commitment to implementing these measures in both letter and spirit.

According to Radio Pakistan, the meeting was attended by Special Assistant to Prime Minister Tariq Bajwa, Minister of State for Finance, Federal Secretaries for Petroleum and IT, as well as concerned officials from provincial departments, and governments of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan.