Published in Dawn on March 19, 2023
While the
government is seemingly helpless in controlling smuggling, electricity and gas
theft, and other illegal activities that are hampering the overall austerity
drive, it can at least save a huge amount of money by rationalising the number
of embassies and consulates it has in various parts of the world, and the
number of staff at each such centre. Most of the embassies deal with visas
which can be issued online from Islamabad.
To my knowledge, we have 86
embassies in total, and 20 of them are in Europe and 15 in Africa. Do we really
need to have them all? What about the ones in Rwanda, Niger, Senegal and Sudan?
A bit of unconventional and unemotional rationalisation will help us a great
deal.
Shakir Lakhani
Karachi
https://www.dawn.com/news/1743008/unnecessary-embassies
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