text-align: justify;">ISLAMABAD, Jun 12 (APP): Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb on Wednesday said that the government was taking steps to reduce its expenditures.
text-align: justify;">Delivering the budget speech in the National Assembly, he said that besides introducing reforms in the pension scheme, there was a proposal to abolish public sector vacancies from BPS 1 to 16 which would result in Rs 45 billion annual saving.
text-align: justify;">He said that a committee had been constituted to reduce the size of government structure which would present its recommendations to the Federal Cabinet soon.
text-align: justify;">He said planning was being done for right sizing of the Federal Government.
text-align: justify;">The minister said that there was a proposal to allocate funds for every division for capacity development and technical assistance.
