The provincial administration of KPK has implemented a one-day work-from-home policy on Fridays for all of its government employees. As per details, the government employees will work from the office on Mondays to Thursdays and work from home on Fridays.
KPK adopts work-from-home policy to cut expenses
In a bid to cut its expenses, the provincial government of KPK has adopted the work-from-home policy. The KP’s government cost-cutting initiative also includes slashing the free fuel quota of the provincial government departments, institutions, and organizations. Due to the hike in petroleum products, the Chief Minister of KPK, Mehmood Khan, had approved cutting the free fuel quota by 35%.
Recently, the federal government has been advised the same by the Ministry of Energy, Power Division, who had suggested the government adopt a hybrid working policy for the federal government employees in that case the cost will be minimized and the country will be able to save the electricity that will, in turn, reduce the electricity tariffs. In this regard, the federal government has also restored the Saturday holiday which was abolished by the coalition government when they came into power.
Read more: Government Restores Saturday Holiday for Government Offices and Educational Institutes
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