The National Assembly has handed back Rs472.1 million to the national treasury as part of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s austerity drive amid the ongoing global fuel crisis caused by the US-Israel war on Iran.
NA Secretariat returns Rs472m to treasury under austerity drivehttps://t.co/6YbGAERo20#NA #Secretariat pic.twitter.com/9K2waxbyql
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According to a statement from the NA Secretariat on Friday, Rs21 million has already been cut from the salaries of MNAs and deposited directly into the Prime Minister’s Austerity Fund 2026. The rest of the savings come from other belt-tightening steps.
Speaker Ayaz Sadiq has grounded 75% of official vehicles to save fuel, and the secretariat is now running partly on its own Green Parliament Solar System. Only 200 employees are currently on duty at the NA to keep things running efficiently.
The secretariat says it has a plan to save up to Rs2 billion more through the rest of the fiscal year by cutting unnecessary expenses and better managing resources.
This move follows a similar step by the Senate, which surrendered Rs265 million earlier in March under Chairman Yousuf Raza Gilani.
In short, Pakistan’s parliament is trying to lead by example and tighten its own belt while the government pushes for a four-day work week, reduced fuel quotas, and work-from-home arrangements across the country.
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