INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Pakistan&s central bank asked its employees to work from home two days a week and hold more virtual meetings as the country looks to
conserve fuel and ensure it doesn&t run out of US dollars, Bloomberg reported Thursday.In a Twitter message on Thursday, State Bank of
Pakistan told its staff to opt for virtual meetings, car pooling and cutting down on air-conditioning
It also suspended purchases of furniture and restricted travel.&These measures are intended to help with the energy bill while not
compromising work,& the authority said.&We encourage the banking industry and other stakeholders to save energy as much as
possible.&Pakistan&s government has already ordered shopping malls and factories to shut early in various cities including Karachi, Lahore,
Islamabad and Rawalpindi, and cut the working week by a day.Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif&s administration has increased pump prices by as
much as 83 percent in less than a month as he tries to curb subsidies and win a bailout from the International Monetary Fund, Bloomberg
reported.The south Asian nation&s energy needs are largely met through imports and in July-May, its total petroleum import bill increased by
99 percent, according to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics& data.The post Pakistan&s central banks tells staff to work from home to save fuel
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