The government has put on hold all kinds of overseas travel of its officials until further notice due to the current global crisis and to help post-Covid economic recovery .
The Finance Ministry issued a notification in this regard on Thursday.
All kinds of exposure visit, study tour, visits under APA and innovation along with overseas travel to attend seminars and workshops have been indefinitely postponed, said the notice.
This restriction will be applicable for all officials under the operational and the development budget with immediate effect.
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Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday said the prime minister has issued directives against frequent foreign trips of the government officials unless these are very exclusive or essential from a strategic point of view.
Frequent overseas tours by government officials often raised many eye brows.
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