After Pakistan, Thailand has also ordered government employees to work from home to save fuel. Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul made this announcement on Tuesday.
Foreign trips of government employees have also been banned. Apart from this, it has also been advised to use stairs instead of lift. On Monday, the Prime Minister and his cabinet ministers seriously deliberated on the situation and announced the decision on Tuesday. These steps have been taken with the intention of reducing fuel consumption due to the Middle East crisis.
Earlier, some similar steps were taken by Pakistan also. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday announced a plan to cut expenses in view of rising oil prices. Announcements ranged from salary cuts of MPs and ministers to closure of children’s schools.
Under this, government offices will open only four days a week and half the employees will work from home. Schools will remain closed for two weeks from the end of this week. Leading daily Dawn reported that in view of future troubles, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced strict austerity measures in the country and said that it has become a compulsion to take “difficult decisions” related to fuel prices.
Foreign tours of ministers and advisors were stopped, ministers will not take salaries for two months and the salaries of MPs will also be cut by 25 percent.
Now government vehicles in Pakistan will get 50 percent less fuel for two months. 60 percent government vehicles will not run. All government departments will cut their expenditure by 20 percent.
The Prime Minister said that the international oil market is not under the control of Pakistan and due to the global situation, pressure on fuel prices has increased. He appealed to the people to exercise patience during the current crisis and cooperate with the government’s steps.
Major steps announced by the government include the decision to halve the number of employees in public and private offices. A part of the employees will work from home so that fuel consumption can be reduced. However, this rule will not apply to essential services like banks, hospitals, agriculture and industrial sectors.
At the same time, Vietnam has also appealed to people to work from home and use vehicles less to save fuel, while Bangladesh had already announced the closure of universities to save electricity and fuel and has extended the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays.
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