Islamabad’s ECC approves pension fund establishment. A defined contributory scheme is set for new entrants as of July 1. Technical grants are approved for ministries by the ECC. Islamabad – The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet has given the go-ahead to establish a pension fund. The approval was granted during the ECC meeting chaired … Read more
LAHORE: The Punjab government has enhanced the development allocation for the ongoing fiscal year, an official said. Chairing a meeting of the Punjab Cabinet’s Standing Committee on Finance and Development, Finance Minister Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht said that after enhancing the development budget by Rs85 billion, the total ADP allocation stood at Rs646 billion. The … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh Cabinet has approved a 20 per cent increase in the salaries of government employees. Sindh government spokesman Murtaza Wahab confirmed in a statement on Twitter that the Sindh cabinet had approved the pay hike. Murtaza Wahab said that the provincial cabinet has also approved a minimum wage of Rs 25,000. The provincial … Read more
Sindh Information Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has warned that the salaries of those government employees who are not getting themselves vaccinated against the coronavirus would be stopped’. The information minister said that the government employees will not get promotions unless they are vaccinated against COVID-19 while talking to journalists. He further urged people to … Read more
Leader of the opposition Shehbaz Sharif criticized the federal government today (Jun 12) for not increasing salaries and pensions of government employees in the recent Budget. According to the details, the government has announced its second annual budget in which the defence budget has been increased by 12% but there is no relief for the … Read more
The federal cabinet has decided not to increase the salaries and pensions of government employees. According to details, the federal cabinet meeting has ended and Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved the budget for the fiscal year 2020-21. He has signed the budget document. In the meeting, it has been decided that pensions and salaries … Read more
Government employees are likely to be barred from using WhatsApp in Pakistan. Ali Khan Jadoon chaired an important meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information Technology. During the meeting, the National Information Technology Board officials briefed that WhatsApp-style service will be introduced for the government employees, after which the government employees will not … Read more
