Bankers are happy after the announcement by the State Bank of Pakistan that banks will remain closed on Saturday and Sunday. Hence there are five working days now.
This step taken by the Government is to manage the shortage of electricity in the country. Now the point to ponder is that can such steps actually make some difference???
In my opinion, if we would have a holiday on Saturday we can save the fuel cost of coming to office and going back to home. When we have to do the work of 6 days in 5 days, our efficiency will definitely improved, especially in Govt. offices where institutions are over employed. And along with that we will also save electricity which we consume on Saturdays. Because now days every branch is equipped with an Air conditioner, this one day off will significanlty impact the demand and shortage of elecricity.
On the other hand it has been advised to increase the working hours uptill 6 o clock . This seems not bothering much to the salaried class as they are normally affected by late sittings in the offices.
But in real, the coming time will tell the social and economical effects of this policy, because making one day off will definitely affect the GDP, but on the other hand the GDP and production of the country is also affected when there is no electricity and the businesses and offices have labour sitting idle waiting for light to come.
Wishing you happy and ever lasting long weekends ! :-)
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