ISLAMABAD: While the All Government Employees Grand Alliance (AGEGA) are already protesting in a bid to press the government for increasing their salaries and other allowances, the officers of technical and economist cadres have also join in the strike due to non-payment of executive allowance.
While observing the complete pen down strike, the officers of Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Planning and Development have registered their protest against nonpayment of the executive allowance by the government.
According to the protesting officers, the concerned officials have also boycotted the meeting of important committees like the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) and others scheduled to be held at the secretariat.
According to them the Federal Cabinet had decided to give Executive Allowance to all civil servants from Grade 17 to Grade 22 of the Federal Secretariat, Officers. However the Finance Division, contrary to the decision of the cabinet, has given executive allowance to a few specific groups of officers.
The remaining officers including those of Planning Commission were largely disappointed over the decision. The protesting employees have made it clear that their strike will continue till the notification of Executive Allowance.
Earlier on Tuesday the All Government Employees Grand Alliance (AGEGA), had also initiated their protest in a bid to press the government for increasing their salaries, a 100 percent increase in house rent allowance, and a 150 percent increase in the executive allowance.
The employees of the federal government earlier in the day started their protest by closing all the gates of the Pakistan Secretariat, while later they opened one of its main entrances and moved towards the Parliament House where they had announced staging a sit-in.
The administration was active to convince the employees to end their protest. The employees assured the administration of not blocking the road.
Later the deputy commissioner of Islamabad (DC), Irfan Nawaz Memon, the deputy inspector general (DIG), the assistant commissioner (AC), and others negotiated with the protesting employees.
They said the government employees will not be allowed to protest outside the parliament gate. The protestors agreed on opening one gate of the secretariat. In the wake of protests, a huge number of police and FC is deployed in Islamabad.
