New regime: Cut expenses by more than half, says Nawaz

Tells Cabinet members that their performance will be evaluated every three months.

ISLAMABAD: With the weight of a troubled economy weighing on newly elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, he directed all his ministries to bring down on their expenditures to 30 per cent during the inaugural cabinet meeting on Monday.

Nawaz urged the cabinet members to work for decreasing state expenditures and ensure public service. He said that each public servant should be bound for ensuring punctuality in office. He also urged the ministers to put an end to the culture of lethargy and reinvigorate all the systems by setting aside personal whims and wishes and concentrating on national interests.

As a means of accountability, the prime minister issued a warning to his federal ministers, telling them that their performance will be evaluated every three months

“I shall review your performance and I would not like to fail, I advise the cabinet members to study the Party’s manifesto and we have to reduce all non development expenditure by at least thirty percent or even more than half.”

Nawaz also ordered the immediate cancelation of a tender earlier issued by Capital Development Authority (CDA), during the previous government’s tenure, for beautification of roads leading to the Prime Minister’s House.