25pc raise in govt employees’ salaries
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February 12, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The government employees on Thursday called off their protest for raise in salaries after reaching an agreement with a special committee constituted by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The committee comprised Minister for Defence Pervez Khattak, Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan. As per the decision, a 25 percent increase in salaries of federal government employees from grades 1 to 19 was approved on ad-hoc basis.
Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Pervez Khattak and Ali Muhammad Khan and the leaders of protesting employees Islam-ud-Din and Rehman Bajwa signed the agreement. Addressing a press conference here accompanied by Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and Ali Muhammad Khan, Pervez Khattak said the ad-hoc relief of 25 percent would be added to the pay scales in the upcoming budget.
• Basic pay in BPS 1-19 increased by 25pc
• Provinces to be asked to follow suit
ISLAMABAD: A day after chaotic clashes between protesting government employees demanding higher salaries and police, a ministerial committee reached an agreement with the representatives of agitating employees calling off the protest.
Under the agreement, an ad hoc relief of 25 per cent increase in basic pay will be given to the federal government employees, which will be made part of their salaries in the next budget.
The special committee constituted by Prime Minister Imran Khan was headed by Federal Minister for Defence Pervez Khattak and had federal Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Mohammad Khan as its members.
Govt hopeful of amiable solution to employees protest
Says ready to notify increase in wages of grade 1-16 workers
Minister for Defence Pervez Khattak, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan address the media in Islamabad following the government employees protest. PHOTO: Radio Pakistan
ISLAMABAD:
The ministers on Wednesday ensured the protesting government employees that the incumbent regime was ready to notify an increase in the wages of grade 1-16 workers.
During a media briefing in the federal capital, a three-member government committee headed by Minister for Defence Pervez Khattak said that the matter will be sorted out amicably and with mutual understanding.
Arrests, tear gas as govt workers march in capital for pay raise
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ISLAMABAD: A cloud of mist blanketed Islamabad’s Constitution Avenue on Wednesday, but it was not the winter fog it was tear gas that police fired on protesting public sector employees, scores of whom were marching on Parliament demanding a pay raise.
The protest on Constitution Avenue, attended by lady health workers and other employees of the federal government, began a day after talks broke down between the government negotiators and the public sector ksemployees who, according to interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, were to blame for the failure of the negotiations.