On Friday, the federal cabinet approved a 15 per cent raise in federal government employee salaries and a 5 per cent increase in pension payments.
The federal cabinet convened to discuss the budget ideas. Finance Minister, Miftah Ismail will propose the budget to the National Assembly today, following cabinet agreement.
The announcement comes less than an hour before the administration of Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif is expected to submit its first budget.
The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Marriyum Aurangzeb also tweeted in this regard that PM Shehbaz has ‘rejected’ the Finance Ministry’s recommendation of a 10 per cent pay raise for government personnel and approved a 15 per cent pay raise along with merging adhoc allowances into basic salaries.
