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Four-day week

In Indian climate conditions, thoughts of a four day, or even a five-day, week should be avoided. In fact, we get too many holidays as it is. The Centre has a list of 16 holidays annually; then the States have their differing choices. Saturdays and Sundays total up to 104 per year. With approximately one-third of the year thus taken up, the organized office sector of the country is largely on leave

A dream in tatters

The present government is still lying about each promise and taking U-turns on each commitment.” A tracker maintained by a prominent newspaper on its website shows that of the 51 promises Mr Khan made as part of his “Naya Pakistan” initiative, only one has thus far been fulfilled and five have been partly fulfilled.