{"id":16305,"date":"2026-09-23T13:07:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T13:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=16305"},"modified":"2026-09-23T13:07:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T13:07:54","slug":"pa-to-hold-virtual-meetings-as-part-of-austerity-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=16305","title":{"rendered":"PA to hold virtual meetings as part of austerity measures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Punjab Assembly Secretariat has decided to hold meetings of its standing committees online as part of austerity measures aimed at reducing consumption of petroleum amid the international oil crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision has been taken in view of the federal government\u2019s ongoing austerity campaign, under which public institutions are being encouraged to reduce unnecessary use of petroleum products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Punjab government will 50 percent expenditure on transport. All unnecessary lights and electricity equipments will be switched off in a bid to save energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Assembly session will be summoned before sunset. A complete ban is also imposed on the purchase of government vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A complete ban is also imposed on the foreign visits of Punjab Assembly members and officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No dinner will be arranged for the foreign dignitaries. Those officials who are granted exemption from foreign tours will travel in economy class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The expenditure incurred on daily edible items will also be reduced. The paperless culture will be promoted in the government offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Secretary-General of Punjab Secretariat will ensure complete implementation of these austerity measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PAK SOUCH MEDIA GROUP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daily Pak Souch Newspaper Sukkur \u2013 Daily Pak Special Newspaper Karachi \u2013 Daily Pak Today Newspaper Karachi &#8211; Daily Pak Jazbo Newspaper Sukkur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Head Office : Ayub Gate Shaikh Muhalla Near Rabbania Masjid Sukkur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karachi Office : Office No. 1901-B, 19th Floor Saima Trade Tower (B) Block I.I Chandigarh Road Near Jung Press, Shaheen Complex &amp; National Museum of Pakistan Karachi Sindh Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact : 03009319022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Website 1 : <a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/\">https:\/\/paksouch.com\/<\/a><br>Website 2 : <a href=\"https:\/\/sindhi.paksouch.com\/\">https:\/\/sindhi.paksouch.com\/<\/a><br>Website 3 : <a href=\"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/\">https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/<\/a><br>Website 4 : <a href=\"https:\/\/urdu.pakjazbo.com\/\">https:\/\/urdu.pakjazbo.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Punjab Assembly Secretariat has decided to hold meetings of its standing committees online as part of austerity measures aimed at reducing consumption of petroleum..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11111-2026-09-20T161225-24.png",800,927,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11111-2026-09-20T161225-24-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11111-2026-09-20T161225-24-259x300.png",259,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11111-2026-09-20T161225-24-768x890.png",768,890,true],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11111-2026-09-20T161225-24.png",800,927,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11111-2026-09-20T161225-24.png",800,927,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11111-2026-09-20T161225-24.png",800,927,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16307,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16305\/revisions\/16307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}