ISLAMABAD (Rana Ghulam Qadir) Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has approved the simplicity and frugality campaign across the country in the context of the increase in the prices of petroleum products in the global market due to the tension in the Middle East, 50% cut in government fuel for 3 months, ban on foreign trips, purchase of vehicles, decision to serve one dish in wedding ceremonies, shops, markets, shopping malls, bazaar from 9 pm and events till 10 am. All hotels, restaurants, cafes will be closed at 11 pm, pharmacies, laboratories, clinics, hospitals, ovens, petrol pumps, gyms, IT companies, call centers are exempted from the ban. Federal Government took major decisions to reduce government expenditure. Cabinet Division issued notification of fuel saving and austerity measures.