tashkent uzbekistan finance ministry sack 562 employees president shavkat mirziyoyev order root inefficiency get rid call rat tarnish reputation state news agency uza report wednesday purge follow criticism ministry mirziyoyev last week describe poorly draft state budget failure finance important project various provinces embellish economic data ministry employ 3,000 people 13,000 subordinate agencies state pension fund accord uza report sack officials holdovers previous minister clear reference rustam azimov former minister finance deputy prime minister sack mirziyoyev june report identify azimov name mirziyoyev elect president last december follow death september 2016 islam karimov rule country since collapse soviet union 1991. reshuffle cabinet first year power implement economic reform liberalisation foreign exchange regulations mirziyoyev name djamshid kuchkarov finance minister last month replace previous appointee botir khodjayev take economy ministry instead hundreds sack uzbek finmin 'rat purge