PM Imran Khan making Pakistan an Islamic welfare state: Fawad Chaudhry

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has said the country’s economy was gaining strength due to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s policies.

In a tweet on Thursday, he said the government has further increased the salaries of employees by 15 per cent. He was confident that the incomes would further increase in one year time.

Chaudhry said PM Imran was making Pakistan an Islamic welfare state, and all measures were being taken keeping in view this manifesto.

صحت کارڈ کے بعدتنخواہوں میں 15 فیصدمزید اضافہ ، اس وقت ملک میں معیشت اپنے پاؤں پر کھڑی ہو رہی ہے انشاللہ ایک سال میں آمدنیوں میں مزید اضافہ ہو گا عمران خان پاکستان کو اسلامی فلاحی مملکت بنا رہے ہیں اور تمام اقدامات اسی منشور کو سامنے رکھ کر لئے جا رہے ہیں #PTIGovernment

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— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) February 10, 2022

The federal government decided to give a 15 per cent disparity allowance on running basic pay to underprivileged employees from BS 1 to 19 with effect from March 1.

According to the Ministry of Finance, the package was also recommended to the provinces for adoption from their funds.

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A merger of Adhoc Relief Allowances into pay would be decided on the report of pay and pension commission and would be merged in the basic pay as per agreement.