{"id":103338,"date":"2026-03-07T15:21:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T10:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=103338"},"modified":"2026-03-07T15:21:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T10:21:59","slug":"pm-orders-urgent-economic-plan-amid-global-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/featured\/pm-orders-urgent-economic-plan-amid-global-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"PM orders urgent economic plan amid global tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Shehbaz Sharif<\/span><\/span> chaired a high-level meeting to review the country\u2019s economic situation in light of the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/un-general-assembly-session-focuses-on-global-crisis-solutions\/\">global crisis<\/a> and rising regional tensions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"241\" data-end=\"501\">Officials briefed the meeting on the economic impact of global developments on the region and Pakistan\u2019s economy. The prime minister directed the committee concerned to formulate a comprehensive action plan focused on economic stability, austerity, and savings.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"503\" data-end=\"709\">Sharif instructed the committee to present practical and workable proposals within 48 hours, stressing that the plan should minimize the burden on the public while prioritizing relief measures for citizens.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"711\" data-end=\"1018\">The prime minister was informed that a special committee had been working since last week to assess the global economic impact of ongoing tensions and prepare recommendations. According to the briefing, the government has taken steps to ensure that there is no shortage of petroleum products in the country.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1020\" data-end=\"1213\">Officials also said that petroleum prices were increased recently on the committee\u2019s recommendation, with efforts made to pass on the minimum possible burden of global price hikes to consumers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1215\" data-end=\"1406\">Sharif issued strict instructions that any petrol pump or company found creating artificial shortages or hoarding fuel would face immediate closure, cancellation of licenses and legal action.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1408\" data-end=\"1687\">The prime minister also directed <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Muhammad Aurangzeb<\/span><\/span> and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Ali Pervaiz Malik<\/span><\/span> to visit all four provinces and coordinate with provincial governments to prepare a strategy for conserving petroleum products and ensuring an uninterrupted fuel supply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting to review the country\u2019s economic situation in light of the recent global crisis and rising regional tensions. Officials briefed the meeting on the economic impact of global developments on the region and Pakistan\u2019s economy. The prime minister directed the committee concerned to formulate a comprehensive action [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":78378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13446,2],"tags":[6965,37342,37343],"class_list":["post-103338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-pakistan","tag-pm-shebaz-sharif","tag-economic-plan","tag-global-tensions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103339,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103338\/revisions\/103339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}