Federal cabinet drastically cuts foreign tours of top government officials
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ISLAMABAD - Information Minister Chaudhary Fawad Hussain said the federal cabinet has decided to reduce the number of foreign visits of federal ministers by 33.3 percent.
He said apart from Foreign Minister, no minister will have more than three visits abroad a year.
The Minister said Prime Minister took notice of the problems being faced by farmers of sugarcane. The cabinet decided to start the crushing season from 15th of next month in order to save farmers from losses.
He said provincial governments have been issued directions in this regard and Chief Ministers of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will meet with Prime Minister soon to brief him on administrative steps on this issue.
Information Minister said cabinet decided to merge Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority into National Disaster Management Authority as ERRA was created for a specific purpose. He said the employees of ERRA working in provincial offices will be accommodated in provincial offices of NDMA while the employees working in federal office will join the NDMA office in Islamabad.
