Pakistan Railways bans officers’ air travel under austerity
A notification stops air-travel payments and government-vehicle tours for officials, who must travel by rail; a separate safety emergency runs to 31 December.
Pakistan Railways has banned air travel for all officials and will not pay air-travel costs.
Officials are also barred from government-vehicle tours and must travel by rail for official work.
A departmental safety emergency cancels field officers’ leave for three months and runs until 31 December.
Passenger ticket prices and published train schedules are not changed by these staff rules.