Pakistan is going to the IMF to save its skin. We simply can’t afford to run the country without asking for the international donor to rescue us. One idea that has been going around is a rather drastic one: reduce the work week to save on petrol and electricity.

This is not a novel idea. In fact, more than 3,000 workers at 70 companies in the UK will begin a four-day week with no loss of pay in a trial lasting six months, in what the organisers say it is the biggest four-day week pilot to take place anywhere in the world.

Firms taking part will give 100% of workers’ pay for 80% of the time, in exchange for a commitment to maintain at least 100% productivity. The trial is being organised by 4 Day Week Global in partnership with think tank Autonomy, the 4 Day Week UK Campaign, and researchers at Cambridge University, Oxford University and Boston College.

This project is to improve quality of life, but it could also help countries like Pakistan get a little fiscal breathing space.

In the comments section below, we are asking our readers to tell us what they think about this idea. Are you for or against a four-day work week? And do you think it can help Pakistan in the long-run?