Bahrain Mirror: Deputy Prime Minister Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa said that approximately 7,000 employees had applied for the voluntary retirement program offered by the government as part of a plan to reduce public spending.

He said during the 2018 government forum that the door is open for receiving additional requests until November 8, 2018.

A Civil Service Bureau source; however, said that hundreds had expressed their wish to withdraw their applications.

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