• Reforms committee suggests drastic cuts, mergers in five ministries • SME regulator to be brought under PM Office on Shehbaz’s orders • Premier tasks minister with implementing reforms in gemstone sector ISLAMABAD: As part of efforts to streamline state machinery and reduce administrative expenditures, the government has decided to abolish 28 departments in five ministries. The decision was taken at a meeting presided over … Continue reading 28 departments, 150,000 govt jobs on the chopping block