The package is also recommended to the provinces for adoption from their own funds.


Islamabad: Federal Government has decided to give 15% disparity allowance on running basic pay to underprivileged employees from BS 1 to 19 with effect from 1st March.
According to the Ministry of Finance, above package is also recommended to the provinces for adoption from their own funds.
Further, a summary for timescale promotion has been initiated by Finance Division to mitigate the hardship being faced by employees.
Merger of Adhoc Relief Allowances into pay will be decided on report of pay and pension commission and will be merged in basic pay as per agreement.
In the meantime, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said that the announcement of 15% increase in salaries of federal government employees after launch of health card was a manifestation that the country’s economy was currently on strong footings.
On his official twitter handle, the Federal Minister said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has further increased the salaries of employees by fifteen percent.
He was confident that the incomes will further increase in one year time.
“Imran Khan was transforming Pakistan into an Islamic welfare state and all necessary steps were being taken with this manifesto in mind,” he added.
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