Addressing the meeting of federal cabinet in Islamabad on Wednesday, Prime Minister said firstly the government officials and cabinet members will adopt austerity measures and then the bureaucratic machinery will follow suit.

He said the government is making honest efforts to put the country's economy on right track.

Referring to the natural calamities of earthquake in 2005 and floods last year, Shehbaz Sharif said it was the poor class of the country that suffered the most.

He said now it is the turn of affluent class to show that they will save every penny of the national exchequer and use it for people's welfare.

Source: Radio Pakistan