Senior government officials are set to go to Germany for a training exercise that could have benefited field-level officials who are implementing a groundwater monitoring project.

The High Court today (August 1, 2022) summarily rejected a writ petition which sought its order on the government to stop “unnecessary” foreign trips of government officials – “in the name of training, meeting, seminars” – with taxpayers’ money.

Government must take action against officials violating the restriction

CWASA officials must answer for ignoring instructions on foreign trips

Public authorities should lead by example, not dilute the message

Pakistan government on June 7, 2022 announced several ‘austerity measures’ to conserve electricity amidst a drastic nationwide shortfall.

If stopping wastage of money is the goal, a lot of holes will need to be plugged

A senior secretary embarked on a study tour in Europe just before retiring from his job.

To ease pressure on foreign exchange reserves, the government has decided to stop foreign trips of its officials and postponed implementation of less important projects that require imports.