https://www.dawn.com/news/1693062/petrol-subsidy
Writer’s note: This article earlier mentioned a projected subsidy figure of Rs150 million per month. In fact, this should have been Rs150 billion (not million). The error is regretted. The projected figure is based on the expected increase in petrol prices and different media reports. The argument itself still stands — that one day’s salary of the employees of the entire labour force in the formal sector would help cover a significant part of the petrol subsidy.
The writer is a researcher.
My third coujin thrice removed took his camel again for a biss in the comments section. Let us see if he is lucky. My coujin had said
Sir,
The fuel subsidy is 150B per month, not 150M. But your idea will still work. The entire formal sector can be asked to give up 1 year of salary. That will cover 2 months of subsidy. By which time, everyone would be bankrupt, nobody will buy petrol and the petrol subsidy can be gradually removed.