Air Conditioner

Pak bans ACs to ease power crisis, issues new dress code

Islamabad: Grappling with power outages across the country, the Pakistan government on Wednesday banned the use of air conditioners in its offices from May 15 and introduced a "summer dress code" for employees.

Caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso decided to impose the ban in all government departments and offices, an official statement said. Khoso directed authorities to introduce a new dress code for government employees to help them cope with the lack of air conditioning.

The dress code includes white or light coloured shirts and trousers or shalwar-kameez with waist coat. As a special concession, government employees will be allowed to come to work in "shoes without laces" or "sandals without socks", the statement said.

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