Finance ministry rules out raise in salaries Over five dozen govt organisations, labour unions threaten indefinite strike Basic salary of MP-I, MP-II and MP-III officers increased by 10%. PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: The finance ministry has once again ruled out the possibility of immediately increasing salaries and perks of civil servants despite a threat of indefinite strike by over five-dozen government organisations and labour unions from the next week. The interior ministry has feared that the Pakistan Democratic Movement - an alliance of 11 opposition parties, may hijack the employees protest, showed an official correspondence between the interior minister and the Prime Minister’s Office. The employees of the state-owned enterprises, pensioners and labour unions have announced to stage an indefinite sit-in in Islamabad from Tuesday. Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed had recommended that minister for finance may immediately meet the clerks’ leadership and announce some way forward. However, the finance ministry did not agree to the proposal of immediately announcing the monetary benefits to thwart the protesters, according to the sources.