Caretaker PM bans unnecessary foreign visits of care taker Ministers

Islamabad OCTOBER 12 (Online): Caretaker Prime Minister (PM) Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar has banned the unnecessary foreign visits of care taker Federal Ministers and senior government officials.

New SOPs have also been issued regarding foreign visits of Ministers and government officials.

Sources told that a report was submitted to Prime Minister (PM) that some Ministers and Federal Secretaries and others are making unnecessary foreign visits.

In which it was said that due to these visits, the work in the federal ministries and the Pakistan Secretariat is being affected.

The report also revealed that several top government officials went abroad to meet their children but these visits were declared official.

While expressing his displeasure Caretaker Prime Minister (PM) Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar has directed that only the most necessary foreign trips should be made, priority should be given to those foreign trips where the sponsor is the relevant country or organization and formal permission from the competent authority before foreign trips to be taken.

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