Five-day work week, curtailed foreign trips as Pak battles an energy crisis

Facing a severe energy crisis, Pakistan government has announced that it will revert to five-day work week as part of its energy conservation plan.

Pakistan’s information minister on Tuesday announced that that country’s cabinet has approved to end Saturdays as workday, a step that will reduce the nation’s energy and fuel consumption as hours-long power outages continue to hit the Shehbaz Sharif-led country.

“We are facing a severe crisis… We desperately need to take energy conservation measures. We need to tap on every option to save on energy,” Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said.